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ceramics

[suh-ram-iks] / səˈræm ɪks /
NOUN
pottery
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK
slipware terracotta


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The robots’ pincer-like hands make it challenging to grasp slippery and heavy ceramics.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Downstairs is a small, cinderblock-enclosed ceramics studio where Herman builds his oversize vessels, starting on a wheel and then hand-building the rest of the vases before firing them in his own kiln.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Many silicon-derived materials used in concrete, glass, ceramics, semiconductors, and silicones require high temperatures, large amounts of energy, and intensive chemical processing to produce.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

Inside, the school has high ceilings and big windows, a 300-seat auditorium, a gym, a ceramics studio and a court for a soccer variant called futsal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

As the centuries advanced, the quality of the ceramics inexorably declined.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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