CERAMIC

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ceramic" is a kind of...):

instrumentality; instrumentation (an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end)

Domain category:

ceramics (the art of making and decorating pottery)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ceramic"):

brick (rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material)

Derivation:

ceramic (of or relating to or made from a ceramic)

Meaning:

Of or relating to or made from a ceramic

Example:

a ceramic dish

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

ceramic (an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures)

Derivation:

ceramic (an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures)

ceramics (the art of making and decorating pottery)