ceramic
[ suh-ram-ik ]
/ səˈræm ɪk /
adjective
of or relating to products made from clay and similar materials, as pottery and brick, or to their manufacture: ceramic art.
noun
ceramic material.
Origin of ceramic
Words nearby ceramic
cer.e.,
cera,
ceraceous,
ceram,
ceramal,
ceramic,
ceramic engineering,
ceramic hob,
ceramic oxide,
ceramics,
ceramidase
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British Dictionary definitions for ceramic
ceramic
/ (sɪˈræmɪk) /
noun
a hard brittle material made by firing clay and similar substances
an object made from such a material
adjective
of, relating to, or made from a ceramic
this vase is ceramic
of or relating to ceramics
ceramic arts and crafts
Word Origin for ceramic
C19: from Greek
keramikos, from
keramos potter's clay, pottery
Scientific definitions for ceramic
ceramic
[ sə-răm′ĭk ]
Any of various hard, brittle, heat- and corrosion-resistant materials made typically of metallic elements combined with oxygen or with carbon, nitrogen, or sulfur. Most ceramics are crystalline and are poor conductors of electricity, though some recently discovered copper-oxide ceramics are superconductors at low temperatures.