stone|ware

stone|ware
stone|ware «STOHN WAIR», noun.
a coarse, hard pottery. Stoneware is made from very siliceous clay, or a mixture of clay with a considerable amount of flint, sand, prefired clay, or the like, to give it greater strength, fired higher than earthenware (about 2,300 °F [1,260 °C]) and often glazed with salt.

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