earthenware

Examples

• All

• Margie had more Franciscan Desert Rose earthenware than any other woman on the planet.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Spring bulbs and flowers bloomed in green earthenware pots, and she could see chintz curtains in the dining room through the open door.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Additional earthenware cups might also be present alongside a range of wooden utensils.

• A bowl of fresh fruit and an earthenware pitcher of water rested on the table next to the bed.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The pink earthenware coffee cup had launched like a projectile from my soap-slicked hands right onto the kitchen floor.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Daisies, bright white for Itty, beckoned from earthenware vases.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The black goat twitches and one neat hoof clicks against the yellow earthenware pot filled with honey.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Not the collections of vases and fans that so many clipper-captain ancestors had brought home, but earthenware jugs, wooden sandals, bows, and arrows.

  Fiction book (2002)

• "Wendeen shrugged as he ladled generous helpings of stew into mismatched earthenware bowls.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Liz poured water from a big earthenware jug into two earthenware mugs.

Synonyms

C

ceramic

vsearthenware

34 3.7

An object made of baked clay, like a pot or tile

is made from clay fired at lower temperatures and remains porous

P

pottery

vsearthenware

24 2.3

Objects made from clay and hardened by heat like pots and bowls

is a lower fired porous type usually finished with a glaze

C

clayware

vsearthenware

6.7

Objects made from clay and baked until hard, like pots and bowls

is fired at lower temperatures and remains more porous often glazed

C

ceramic ware

vsearthenware

3.0

Items like plates, cups and bowls made from baked clay used for serving or eating food

is a lower fired porous type not limited to tableware items

Antonyms

S

stoneware

• Specialized

2 5.1

A strong type of pottery made from clay and fired very hot so it does not take in water

Compounds

E

earthenware jar

1 3.7

A jar made of baked clay used for storing food or liquids

How Durable

porcelain

58 4.3

stoneware

• Specialized

2 5.1

earthenware

• Specialized

3 6.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology