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Recent Examples of earthenware
Designed to add style and a pop of pattern to your countertop, this earthenware dish is also crafted and handpainted in Portugal.
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Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2025
And yet another features Renaissance-era glazed earthenware medicinal jars, perfume bottles, vacuums and other 20th century home appliances which illustrate design’s impact on our daily hygiene practices and wellness.
—Constance Droganes, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2025
Julia asked, cradling the earthenware pot to her chest, the fronds obscuring her face.
—T. Coraghessan Boyle, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
The rice was exclusively found on ancient pottery made from earthenware.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
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Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2025
And yet another features Renaissance-era glazed earthenware medicinal jars, perfume bottles, vacuums and other 20th century home appliances which illustrate design’s impact on our daily hygiene practices and wellness.
—Constance Droganes, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2025
Julia asked, cradling the earthenware pot to her chest, the fronds obscuring her face.
—T. Coraghessan Boyle, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
The rice was exclusively found on ancient pottery made from earthenware.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for earthenware
Noun
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Place thin plastic pots on the top rack and heavier pottery and terracotta ones in the lower rack.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
9 Jan. 2026
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Ceramic clays tend to be earthen clays, primarily used when constructing dishware or decorative pottery.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Gehry pursued architecture after a ceramics teacher saw his talent for three-dimensional art.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2025
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Two years later, she was employed in a ceramics factory in Germany, and then moved to Denmark, in 1963, to work in the stoneware department of the Royal Porcelain Factory, now known as Royal Copenhagen—among the most prestigious places in the world to hone the craft.—
Ayşegül Savaş,
New Yorker,
30 Nov. 2025
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“Earthenware.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earthenware. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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