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ceramic

Pronunciation: /sɪˈɹæmɪk/

The English word “ceramic” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Made of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.

noun

  1. A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material, made by firing a material such as clay at a high temperature.
  2. An object made of this material.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κεραμικός (keramikós, “potter's”), from κέραμος (kéramos, “potter's clay”), perhaps from a pre-Hellenic word or from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₂- (“to heat, burn, fire”).

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