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adjective

ceramic

made of fired clay or a similar hard, heat-resistant material

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Six example sentences with ceramic, each labelled with its topic.

  • The museum devoted a whole room to ceramic work from the region, some of it fired eight centuries ago.

    Art

  • A ceramic pan releases eggs cleanly without the coating that flakes off cheaper nonstick after a single year.

    Cooking

  • Engineers chose a ceramic shield for the nose cone because metal would soften long before reentry ended.

    Technology

  • Surgeons now fit a ceramic ball in many hip replacements because it wears far more slowly than metal does.

    Medicine

  • The station's vaulted ceiling is lined with ceramic tiles that have shrugged off a century of soot and steam.

    Architecture

  • Archaeologists date the settlement by its ceramic fragments, since each generation of potters used a slightly different glaze.

    History

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