This is a list of pottery and ceramic terms.
Definitions in Wiktionary are noted as "(W)".
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Published definitions of Pottery include: "All fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed, except technical, structural, and refractory products."American ASTM Standard C 242-01 Standard Terminology of Ceramic Whitewares and Related Products. "China, earthenware and any article made from clay or from a mixture containing clay and other materials."COSHH in the Production of Pottery, Approved Code of Practice. HM Stationery Office 1990. "A class of ceramic artifacts in which clay is formed into containers by hand or in molds or with a potter's wheel, often decorated, and fired"Ashmore and Sharer 2000:252. "The term pottery includes many varieties of ware from the crudest vessels of prehistoric times to the most beautiful decorated porcelains, stoneware and earthenware; it also includes many articles such as large grain-jars used in ancient times for storing corn and other dry materials, wine-jars and modern sanitaryware and the large tanks for containing corrosive acids. Many kinds of earthenware, stoneware and porcelains are used for scientific and experimental purposes as well as electrical apparatus, insulators, switch-bases, sparking plugs and bases or frames for electrical heating appliances."The Chemistry and Physics of Clays. 3rd edition. A.Searle & R.W.Grimshaw. Ernest Benn. 1959.
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References Savage, George, and Newman, Harold, An Illustrated Dictionary of Ceramics, 1985, Thames & Hudson, ASTM Standard C242-00. Standard Terminology of Ceramic Whitewares and Related Products. Dictionary of Ceramics 3rd edition. Dodd A., Murfin D., The Institute of Materials. 1994. Whitewares: Production, Testing And Quality Control. Ryan W. & Radford C., Pergamon Press. 1987 An Introduction To The Technology Of Pottery. Rado P., Pergamon Press. 1969 Pottery Science: Materials, Process And Products. Dinsdale A., Ellis Horwood. 1986