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earthenware

[ur-thuhn-wair] / ˈɜr θənˌwɛər /
NOUN
crockery
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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Earthenware was used for serving and sipping in Europe and Asia for many thousands of years.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2023

Sixty years have done little to blunt the impact of the flat-out chromatic intensity of some Matisses from the 1920s, like Anemones in an Earthenware Vase, 1924.

From Time Magazine Archive

Earthenware established 200 B. C. as the probable date of the civilization to which tombs made of squared and planed logs, found at depths of 24 to 42 ft. underground, belonged.

From Time Magazine Archive

Earthenware, the Fayence of the Italians, and the Delft of the Dutch, made of various kinds of clay, with a mixture of powdered calcined flint; and, 4.

From Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science by Fyfe, J. Hamilton

Earthenware vessels were used for storing both liquids and food, for the preparation of foods and liquids, and for the various uses of the table and the toilet.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various




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