- graniteware
- noun Date: 1878 ironware with grayish or bluish mottled enamel
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
graniteware
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graniteware — n. a kind of ironware with stone gray enamel. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
graniteware — [gran′itwer΄] n. 1. a variety of ironware for household use, coated with a hard enamel that looks somewhat like granite 2. a variety of fine, hard pottery … English World dictionary
graniteware — /gran it wair /, n. 1. a kind of ironware with a gray, stonelike enamel. 2. pottery with a speckled appearance like that of granite. 3. a semivitreous white pottery somewhat harder than earthenware. [1890 95; GRANITE + WARE1] * * * … Universalium
graniteware — noun a) Ironware that has been coated with a layer of vitreous enamel with a swirled or speckled pattern resembling granite. b) Pottery with the same type of enamel coating … Wiktionary
graniteware — n. ironware covered with a gray enamel; pottery with a glaze which resembles granite … English contemporary dictionary
graniteware — noun 1》 a speckled form of earthenware imitating the appearance of granite. 2》 a kind of enamelled ironware … English new terms dictionary
graniteware — gran•ite•ware [[t]ˈgræn ɪtˌwɛər[/t]] n. 1) cer ironware with a gray, stonelike enamel 2) cer pottery with a speckled appearance • Etymology: 1890–95 … From formal English to slang
graniteware — /ˈgrænətwɛə/ (say granuhtwair) noun 1. a kind of ironware with a grey, stone like enamel. 2. pottery with a speckled appearance like granite. 3. a semivitreous white pottery somewhat harder than earthenware …
graniteware — n. 1 a speckled form of earthenware imitating the appearance of granite. 2 a kind of enamelled ironware … Useful english dictionary
Granite City — a city in SW Illinois, near St. Louis, Missouri. 36,815. * * * ▪ Illinois, United States city, Madison county, southwestern Illinois, U.S. Situated on the Mississippi River just northeast of St. Louis (Saint Louis), Missouri, it lies within … Universalium
