Meaning & use
Bisqueware
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Pottery or ceramic ware that has been fired once in a kiln but not yet glazed, leaving it porous and unglazed.
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The studio's shelves were lined with unpainted bisqueware waiting for its first coat of glaze.
Students learn to sand rough edges off bisqueware before applying color.
A note on using this word
Bisqueware gets its name from "bisque firing," the first, lower-temperature firing stage in ceramics production that hardens clay before glazing.
Words with a similar meaning
bisque pottery
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Words with an opposite meaning
glazeware
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