unglazed

«unglazed» in Mova's school dictionary: Unglazed pottery or tiles have no shiny glassy coating… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (unglazed)

meaning for a pupil

1) Unglazed pottery or tiles have no shiny glassy coating (glaze) on the surface, so they look dull and feel rough. tree →

2) An unglazed window or door has no glass in it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In art and pottery lessons: clay pots are fired unglazed (bisque), then painted with glaze and fired again to make them shiny and waterproof. In history: old houses with unglazed windows had shutters instead of glass. Plant pots of unglazed terracotta let water and air through.

examples

• Our clay pots came out of the kiln unglazed. tree →
• Unglazed pots soak up water. tree →
• The terracotta plant pot is unglazed. tree →
• We painted glaze on the unglazed bowl. tree →
• Medieval cottages had unglazed windows with wooden shutters. tree →
• Unglazed floor tiles are less slippery. tree →

note

«Glaze» means a shiny coat on pottery, or glass in a window («glazier» fits glass). In the UK «double glazing» means windows with two layers of glass.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «unglazed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.