greenware
nounEtymology From green + -ware. From the concept that it is not yet "ripe" but rather needs time to age before being ready.
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Ceramics, Chemistry, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Usually Pottery that has been shaped but not yet fired, especially while it is drying prior to being fireable.
- Greenware needs to be cleaned and then fired to bisque.1991, Irene Wittig, The Clay Canvas, →ISBN, page 9:
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Ceramics, Chemistry, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Rare, Usually A form of Chinese pottery having a green glaze.
- Other kilns in Shaanxi and Henan and other provinces in the North, like Shanxi and Shandong, also produced greenwares during the Song period.1983, Yaw Lu, Mary Tregear, Song Ceramics, →ISBN, page 5:
- Related terms
- earthenware, greenbody, stoneware