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nounthe art of making and decorating potterytype of:
Definition that contains ceramics
- slip potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
- luster a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain
- glassy (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it
- glaze a coating for ceramics, metal, etc.
- lustre a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain
- vitreous (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it
- terra alba a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper)
- lithonate a white powder (LiCO3) used in manufacturing glass and ceramics and as a drug; the drug (trade names Lithane or Lithonate or Eskalith) is used to treat some forms of depression and manic episodes of manic-depressive disorder
- minium a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics
- unvitrified (of ceramics) lacking a vitreous finish