fritware

F4R1I1T1W4A1R1E1

noun

Pottery in which frit is added to clay to reduce its fusion temperature.

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Meanings

nounfritware (countable and uncountable, plural fritwares)

plural fritwares

  1. countableuncountablePottery in which frit is added to clay to reduce its fusion temperature.

    The twelfth and thirteenth centuries constitute a high point in the history of Islamic ceramics, with finely potted and decorated fritwares produced in both Syria and Iran.

    1994, Gülru Necipoğlu, Muqarnas: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture, →ISBN, page 31
  2. countableuncountableA combination of clay and frit used to create fritware.

    Akin to European soft-paste porcelain, this material, known as fritware or stone-paste, is described in the fourtheenth-century treatise of Ahu'l Qasim as consisting of ten parts ground quartz, one part ground glass and one part fine white clay.

    1997, Ian Freestone, David R. M. Gaimster, POTTERY IN THE MAKING PB, page 114

Origin

From frit + -ware.

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APA

fritware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fritware

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“fritware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fritware. Accessed November 2, 2026.

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