ceramic

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ceramic /sɪˈramɪk/

▶adjective

• 1 made of clay that is permanently hardened by heat.

• 2 relating to ceramics.

▶noun (ceramics)

• 1 ceramic articles.

  ■ [usu. treated as sing.] the art of making ceramics.

• 2 clay used to make ceramics.

  ■ any non-metallic solid which remains hard when heated.

– derivatives
ceramicist noun.

– origin C19: from Gk keramikos, from keramos ‘pottery’.