Definition of Stoneware

1. Noun. Ceramic ware that is fired in high heat and vitrified and nonporous.

Generic synonyms: Ceramic Ware

Definition of Stoneware

1. n. A species of coarse potter's ware, glazed and baked.

Definition of Stoneware

1. Noun. A type of pottery that is fired at a high temperature and is dense, opaque and nonporous. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stoneware

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stoneware

stoneraw
stoneraws
stonerific
stonern
stoneroot
stoners
stonest
stonewall
stonewalled
stonewaller
stonewallers
stonewalling
stonewalls
stoneware (current term)
stonewares
stonewash
stonewashed
stonewashes
stonewashing
stonework
stoneworker
stoneworkers
stoneworking
stoneworks
stonewort
stoneworts
stoney

Literary usage of Stoneware

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biennial report by North Dakota Geological Survey (1906)
"stoneware. The clay products grouped under stoneware are, next to brick and ... The term stoneware is sufficiently broad to admit of the manufacture of a ..."

2. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1860)
"He thought that might be taken as a ition of stoneware. ... That referred •d stoneware—one section only of the manni'ac- lie thought Mr. Goddard was wrong ..."

3. Text-book of the Materials of Engineering by Herbert Fisher Moore, Harrison Frederick Gonnerman (1920)
"Strength of Porcelain and stoneware.—The strength of porcelain and stoneware, both special burnt clay products, is of importance, especially in connection ..."

4. Textbook of the Materials of Engineering by Herbert Fisher Moore, Harrison Frederick Gonnerman (1922)
"The strength of porcelain and stoneware, both special burnt clay products, is of importance, especially in connection with the design and use of ..."

5. Transactions of the American Ceramic Society Containing the Papers and by American Ceramic Society (1901)
"The term stoneware, as popularly used in this country, means a grade of pottery made from a natural clay or mixture of clays, which is burnt to ..."

6. Transactions of the American Ceramic Society Containing the Papers and by American Ceramic Society (1902)
"stoneware GLAZES. BY ROSS C. PURDY, COLUMBUS, OHIO. The term stoneware, as popularly used in this country, means a grade of pottery made from a natural clay ..."

7. Pottery and Porcelain: A Guide to Collectors by Frederick Litchfield (1900)
"He also made some excellent imitations of the German grey stoneware which, up to his time, ... Fulham stoneware was not Bust of I'rince Rupert in ..."

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