Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fritware

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: frit-ware
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Pottery in which frit is added to clay to reduce its fusion temperature.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A combination of clay and frit used to create fritware.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The twelfth and thirteenth centuries constitute a high point in the history of Islamic ceramics, with finely potted and decorated fritwares produced in both Syria and Iran."
"Akin to European soft-paste porcelain, this material, known as fritware or stone-paste, is described in the fourtheenth-century treatise of Ahu'l Qasim as consisting of ten parts ground quartz, one part ground glass and one part fine white clay."

Etymology

From frit + -ware.

Usage

Inflected Forms

fritwares (plural)

Questions

What does fritware mean?: Pottery in which frit is added to clay to reduce its fusion temperature.
Where does fritware come from?: From frit + -ware.

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