Greenware
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Greenware is a noun meaning (ceramics, usually uncountable) Pottery that has been shaped but not yet fired, especially while it is drying prior to being fireable.
Meaning
(ceramics, usually uncountable) Pottery that has been shaped but not yet fired, especially while it is drying prior to being fireable.
More Meanings
- (ceramics, rare) A form of Chinese pottery having a green glaze.
Example Sentences
Greenware needs to be cleaned and then fired to bisque.
Other kilns in Shaanxi and Henan and other provinces in the North, like Shanxi and Shandong, also produced greenwares during the Song period.
Word Forms
- greenwares
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include presswork, chalkware, glasspaper, transferware, paperware, groundwood.
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