ceramics

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1. [uncountableU]AV the art of making pots, bowls, tiles etc, by shaping pieces of clay and baking them until they are hard 陶瓷工艺 →4 See picture of 见图 HANDICRAFT

2 [plural]TIP things that are made this way 陶瓷制品

an exhibition of ceramics

陶瓷器展览

—ceramic adjectiveadj

ceramic tiles

瓷砖

n GRAMMAR: Singular or plural verb?

In meaning 1, ceramics is followed by a singular verb:

Ceramics is an ancient art.

In meaning 2, ceramics is followed by a plural verb:

These Portuguese ceramics are beautiful.

Examples from the Corpus

ceramics• Glasses and ceramics extracted from the regolith may be used as structural materials, paving blocks, or windows.• Use the shelves to display ceramics, glass or trailing plants.• Glass ceramics are just one example of Schott's development work.• Her ceramics are sought after at craft fairs in Northallerton, Harrogate and York.• The rainbow mobile cast into the corner is a complication of ceramics and fishing line.• an exhibit of ceramics at the crafts museum• One will make and analyse new kinds of polymers, ceramics and alloys.• Applications include materials analysis in thin film, thick film, insulators, semiconductors, ceramics, metals and alloys.

Origin ceramics

(1800-1900) Greek keramikos, from keramos “(clay used for making) pots”

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