Definition of earthenware
: ceramic ware made of slightly porous opaque clay fired at low heat
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Examples of earthenware in a Sentence
The dish is made of earthenware.
a wide array of hand-painted earthenware available at the craft fair
Recent Examples of earthenware from the Web
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Other artifacts found in the room include a table, storage jars, a grinding stone and a large earthenware jar.
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Creamy white beans, pork belly, and peppery Toulouse sausage fill an earthenware bowl.
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It has been prepared for more than 200 years in earthenware baking-dishes or directly in ovens.
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Antoine Westermann, Le Coq Rico, New York: Much More Than a Casserole One of Westermann's most personal dishes is the baeckeoffe, a casserole baked in a traditional, covered earthenware vessel made with clay from the Rhine Valley.
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A Commemorative earthenware tableware is directly descended from the very expensive Chinese export porcelains — porcelains made in China specifically in the Western taste to appeal to Western markets.
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One of the oldest surviving maps, scratched onto an earthenware plate in Mesopotamia more than 4,000 years ago, depicts mountains as a series of little domes.
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Glazed earthenware tiles by the American artist Nick Mauss have a painterly touch similar to those by Burle Marx on view.
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First Known Use of earthenware
circa 1624
EARTHENWARE Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of earthenware for Students
: things (as dishes) made of baked clay
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