Definition of "earthenware" []

• Pottery made from a porous clay that is fired at relatively low temperatures. Faience, delft, and majolica are examples of earthenware. (noun)

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• "Now, except for the summer months, there are tourists almost daily, more than 300 potters and the earthenware is all signed."
• "Owing to lack of specificity in popular parlance earthenware is often referred to popularly as china but never as bone china."
• "The museum's collection of pre-Columbian earthenware is outstanding and the museum is not so huge as to overwhelm the casual visitor."