Underfired

Quick meaning: Underfired is an adjective meaning (comparable, ceramics) Fired at a low (or excessively low) temperature.

Meaning

(comparable, ceramics) Fired at a low (or excessively low) temperature.

More Meanings

1. (not comparable, cooking) Of a cooker: having a heat source that is underneath the food being cooked.
2. simple past and past participle of underfire

Example Sentences

Some old, underfired clay pantiles might be damaged by button mosses rooting in cracks and fissures. But most post-war tiles are hard enough to withstand a bit of moss growth.

In terms of its body composition, Ru ware is essentially a slightly underfired (1200°–1250°C) stoneware with a high-alumina, low-iron clay of typical north Chinese composition.

[W]hen the enamel is thick and a little underfired it will be lighter in color and have a pitted surface. Going further, extremely thick areas that are well underfired will be blistered, cracked, or bubbly.

Under-fired (under-heated) grills. The heat source for these is underneath the grill. Under-fired grills are used to cook food quickly, so they need to reach a high temperature. This type of grill makes criss-cross marks on the food, known as quadrillage.

Word Forms

• under-fired

Antonyms for underfired

Common opposites include overfired.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include under-fired, temperless, underdone, undercooked, unslipped, underbitten.

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