How do you use Faience in a sentence? See 9 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like earthenware, plus the exact meaning.
Faience in a sentence
Faience meaning
- A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic, used domestically for tableware and in architecture as a decorative material.
- Beads or small ornaments made from frit, from the eastern Mediterranean of the Bronze and Iron Ages.
Synonyms of Faience
Using Faience
- The main meaning on this page is: A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic, used domestically for tableware and in architecture as a decorative material. | Beads or small ornaments made from frit, from the eastern Mediterranean of the Bronze and Iron Ages.
- Useful related words include: earthenware.
- In the example corpus, faience often appears in combinations such as: faience beads.
Context around Faience
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Faience
- In this selection, "faience" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, plate, glazed, mosaic, beads, wares and making stand out and add context to how "faience" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include b c faience making and and called mosaic faience a process. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "faience" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with faience
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Why were faience beads so common? (6 words)
William the Faience Hippopotamus is a miniature shown at right. (10 words)
Glazed faience beads were produced and terracotta figurines became more detailed. (11 words)
Culture Delft blue is most famous but there are other kinds of Delftware, like this plate faience in rose Delft is well known for the Delft pottery ceramic products which were styled on the imported Chinese porcelain of the 17th century. (41 words)
Inside, the walls have been covered in tiles through a technique, originally developed in Iran, called “mosaic faience,” a process where each tile is cut, colored, and fit into place individually. (31 words)
Several methods can be used to create faience, but typically production involved application of the powdered materials in the form of a paste over a clay core, which was then fired. (31 words)
Why were faience beads so common? (6 words)
Example sentences (9)
The Hathern name is now owned by Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC and their terra cotta and faience wares are made at their Charnwood Brick Works location in Shepshed.
By the beginning of the eighteenth dynasty (1850 B.C.), faience making and glass making had become two separate crafts.
Culture Delft blue is most famous but there are other kinds of Delftware, like this plate faience in rose Delft is well known for the Delft pottery ceramic products which were styled on the imported Chinese porcelain of the 17th century.
Glazed faience beads were produced and terracotta figurines became more detailed.
Inside, the walls have been covered in tiles through a technique, originally developed in Iran, called “mosaic faience,” a process where each tile is cut, colored, and fit into place individually.
Several methods can be used to create faience, but typically production involved application of the powdered materials in the form of a paste over a clay core, which was then fired.
The figure is made of faience with a blue glaze, designed to resemble turquoise.
Why were faience beads so common?
William the Faience Hippopotamus is a miniature shown at right.
Common combinations with faience
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: