saggar

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US/ˈsæɡ.ɚ/UK/ˈsæɡ.ə/

noun

A ceramic container used inside a fuel-fired kiln to protect pots from the flame.

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Meanings

nounsaggar (countable and uncountable, plural saggars)

plural saggars · alternative sagger

  1. countableuncountableA ceramic container used inside a fuel-fired kiln to protect pots from the flame.
  2. countableuncountableFireclay used to make ceramic casings.
verbsaggar (third-person singular simple present saggars, present participle saggaring, simple past and past participle saggared)

present singular third person saggars · participle present saggaring · participle past saggared · past saggared · alternative sagger

  1. transitiveTo place in a saggar.

Origin

Uncertain; possibly a contracted form of safeguard.

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Translations

French gazette
  • gazetteceramic container
Spanish gaceta refractaria
  • gaceta refractariaceramic container

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with saggar

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Sounds the same

saggersagger
Cite this entry
APA

saggar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saggar

MLA

“saggar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saggar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “saggar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saggar.

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