greenware

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noun

Pottery that has been shaped but not yet fired, especially while it is drying prior to being fireable.

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Meanings

noungreenware (usually uncountable, plural greenwares)

plural greenwares

  1. uncountableusuallyceramicsPottery that has been shaped but not yet fired, especially while it is drying prior to being fireable.

    Greenware needs to be cleaned and then fired to bisque.

    1991, Irene Wittig, The Clay Canvas, →ISBN, page 9
  2. rareuncountableusuallyceramicsA form of Chinese pottery having a green glaze.

    Other kilns in Shaanxi and Henan and other provinces in the North, like Shanxi and Shandong, also produced greenwares during the Song period.

    1983, Yaw Lu, Mary Tregear, Song Ceramics, →ISBN, page 5

Origin

From green + -ware. From the concept that it is not yet "ripe" but rather needs time to age before being ready.

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Translations

Finnish aihio
  • aihiounfired pottery
German Rohware
  • Rohwareunfired pottery
Korean 그린웨어
  • 그린웨어 (geurinweeo)unfired pottery
Ukrainian неви́палена кера́міка
  • неви́палена кера́міка (nevýpalena kerámika)unfired pottery
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “greenware,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greenware.

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