Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stoneware

/stˈoʊnwˌɛɹ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: stoneware
IPA: /stˈoʊnwˌɛɹ/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of pottery that is fired at a high temperature and is dense, opaque and nonporous.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nos Proto-Indo-European *stóyh₂nos Proto-Germanic *stainaz Proto-West Germanic *stain Old English stān Middle English ston English stone Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English stoneware From stone + -ware.

Usage

Inflected Forms

stonewares (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce stoneware?: The recorded pronunciation is /stˈoʊnwˌɛɹ/.
What does stoneware mean?: A type of pottery that is fired at a high temperature and is dense, opaque and nonporous.
Where does stoneware come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nos Proto-Indo-European *stóyh₂nos Proto-Germanic *stainaz Proto-West Germanic *stain Old English stān Middle English ston English stone Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English stoneware From stone + -ware.

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