faience
(noun) glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors
Source: WordNet® 3.1
faience (countable and uncountable, plural faiences)
A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic.
(archaeology) The beads and small ornaments of the eastern Mediterranean. (Of bronze and iron age manufacture using frit technology.)
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Source: Wiktionary
Fa`ï*ence", n. Etym: [F., fr. Faenza, a town in Italy, the original place of manufacture.]
Definition: Glazed earthenware; esp., that which is decorated in color.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 December 2024
(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
