Words / B2

s-uh-RAM-ik/səˈræmɪk/

Ceramic is clay baked hard as pottery, tiles, or similar; as an adjective, made of that: ceramic finds; a ceramic tile. Pottery is the craft; china is fine tableware. Quote ceramic finds in the dig table. Mix-up: cinematic; cereal (already in the dictionary). Do not write ceramic for unfired wet clay.

Meaning

Clay baked hard as pottery, tiles, or similar; as an adjective, made of that material.

Examples

• “Quote ceramic finds in the dig table, not a kitchen-shop brand.”
• “Ceramic tiles featured in the materials table, which is the design sense.”

Good to know

ceramic finds / tiles; a ceramic + noun. Craft: pottery. Trap: cereal / cinematic. Archaeology, design, and science. Baked clay, not a plastic replica.

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