- tin glaze
- noun a glaze made white and opaque by the addition of tin oxide.Derivativestin-glazed adjective
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tin glaze
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tin-glaze — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb : to coat (pottery) with a tin glaze * * * tin glaze, glazed see tin n. 5 … Useful english dictionary
tin glaze — noun : an opaque glaze made of an oxide of tin or tin ashes and used in pottery … Useful english dictionary
Tin-glazed pottery — is pottery covered in glaze containing tin oxide which is white, shiny and opaque. (See tin glazing.) The pottery body is usually made of red or buff colored earthenware and the white glaze was often used to imitate Chinese porcelain. Tin glazed… … Wikipedia
Tin-glazing — is the process of giving ceramic items a tin based glaze which is white, shiny and opaque, normally applied to red or buff earthenware.The earliest tin glazed pottery appears to have been made in Iraq/Mesopotamia in the 9th century, the oldest… … Wikipedia
tin-glazed earthenware — ▪ pottery also called Tin enameled Earthenware, earthenware covered with an opaque glaze that, unless colour has been added, is white. It is variously called faience, majolica, and delftware. Essentially it is lead glaze made opaque by the… … Universalium
tin — n. & v. n. 1 Chem. a silvery white malleable metallic element resisting corrosion, occurring naturally in cassiterite and other ores, and used esp. in alloys and for plating thin iron or steel sheets to form tin plate. Usage: Symb.: Sn. 2 a a… … Useful english dictionary
Tin dioxide — chembox new ImageFile = Rutile unit cell 3D balls.png ImageSize = 150px IUPACName = Tin(IV) oxide SystematicName = OtherNames = stannic oxide, tin(IV) oxide, stannic oxide, stannic anhydride, flowers of tin Section1 = Chembox Identifiers… … Wikipedia
Ceramic glaze — Composite body, painted, and glazed bottle. Dated 16th century. From Iran. New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Glaze is a layer or coating of a vitreous substance which has been fired to fuse to a ceramic object to color, decorate, strengthen or … Wikipedia
pottery — /pot euh ree/, n., pl. potteries. 1. ceramic ware, esp. earthenware and stoneware. 2. the art or business of a potter; ceramics. 3. a place where earthen pots or vessels are made. [1475 85; POTTER1 + Y3] * * * I One of the oldest and most… … Universalium
Delftware — in Pushkin Art Museum, Russia … Wikipedia
