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

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