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CERAMIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("ceramic" is a kind of...):
instrumentality; instrumentation (an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end)
Domain category:
ceramics (the art of making and decorating pottery)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ceramic"):
brick (rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material)
Derivation:
ceramic (of or relating to or made from a ceramic)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or made from a ceramic
Example:
a ceramic dish
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
ceramic (an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures)
Derivation:
ceramic (an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures)
ceramics (the art of making and decorating pottery)
