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ceramic

7 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) ceramic (adjective)
  2. 2) ceramic (noun)
  3. ceramic aggregate (noun)
  4. ceramic bond (noun)
  5. ceramic engineering (noun)
  6. ceramic glaze (noun)
  7. ceramic mosaic (noun)

1ce·ram·ic

adj \sə-ˈra-mik, especially British kə-\

Definition of CERAMIC

: of or relating to the manufacture of any product (as earthenware, porcelain, or brick) made essentially from a nonmetallic mineral (as clay) by firing at a high temperature; also : of or relating to such a product
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Origin of CERAMIC

Greek keramikos, from keramos potter's clay, pottery
First Known Use: 1850

Rhymes with CERAMIC

Adamic, agamic, balsamic, dynamic

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