greenware
English
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Greenware (1)
Etymology
green + -ware. From the concept that it is not yet "ripe" but rather needs time to age before being ready.
Noun
greenware (usually uncountable, plural greenwares)
- (ceramics, usually uncountable) Pottery that has been shaped but not yet fired, especially while it is drying prior to being fireable.
- 1991, Irene Wittig, The Clay Canvas, →ISBN, page 9:
- Greenware needs to be cleaned and then fired to bisque.
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- (ceramics, rare) A form of Chinese pottery having a green glaze.
- 1983, Yaw Lu and Mary Tregear, Song Ceramics, →ISBN, page 5:
- Other kilns in Shaanxi and Henan and other provinces in the North, like Shanxi and Shandong, also produced greenwares during the Song period.
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Related terms
- earthenware
- greenbody
- stoneware
Translations
unfired pottery
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