stoneware

stoneware

English

Stoneware pottery with a celadon glaze, from the Ming Dynasty. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.

Etymology

From stone +‎ -ware.

Noun

stoneware (countable and uncountable, plural stonewares)

1. A type of pottery that is fired at a high temperature and is dense, opaque and nonporous.

Translations

type of pottery

Bulgarian: керамични изделия n pl (keramični izdelija) Catalan: gres m Chinese: Mandarin: 石器 (zh) (shíqì), 炻器 (zh) (shíqì) Danish: stentøj n Finnish: kivitavara (fi) French: grès (fr) m German: Steinzeug (de) n, Feinsteinzeug (de) n Irish: cruachré f Italian: gres m Japanese: 炻器 (せっき, sekki), せっ器 (せっき, sekki) Plautdietsch: Steenwoa f Polish: kamionka (pl) f Portuguese: grés (pt) m Russian: гли́няная посу́да f (glínjanaja posúda), керами́ческие изде́лия n pl (keramíčeskije izdélija), кера́мика (ru) f (kerámika) Ukrainian: керамі́чні ви́роби (keramíčni výroby), череп'я́ний по́суд (čerepʺjányj pósud) Welsh: crochenwaith caled m

References

• “stoneware” in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.