faience
/ˈfaɪ.əns/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.04 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic, used domestically for tableware and in architecture as a decorative material.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The smile, you see, is perfect—wonderful / As mere Faience! a table ornament / To suit the richest mounting."
- "If she had wondered what Mrs. Burrage wished so particularly to talk about, she waited some time for the clearing-up of the mystery. During this interval she sat in a remarkably pretty boudoir, where there were flowers and faiences and little French pictures, and watched her hostess revolve round the subject in circles the vagueness of which she tried to dissimulate."
- "The word Majolica, or Maiolica […] was applied to all Stanniferous faience of Italy and Spain."
- "While the work of the contemporary artists in the show is avant-garde, it does not overwhelm the colorful faience made by the Faucon family, seven generations of ceramicists who operated a factory in Apt, a town in the Luberon Valley, from 1890 until 2002."
- "The white faience façade, the glazed Doultonware Carrera marble, was made locally. And being glazed, it was impervious to London's sooty atmosphere, enabling easier cleaning."
- "Beneath these booths were spread their goods; silks from Cos, bronze weapons and copper rods, or ingots from the rich mines of Cyprus, linens and muslins from Egypt; beads, idols, carven bowls, knives, glass ware, pottery in all shapes, and charms made of glazed faience or Egyptian stone; […]."