Greenware
Origin
green + -ware. From the concept that it is not yet ripe but rather needs time to age before being ready.
Full definition of greenware
Noun
greenware
(usually uncountable; plural greenwares)- (ceramics, usually uncountable) Pottery that has been shaped but not yet fired, especially while it is drying prior to being fireable.
- 1991, Irene Wittig, The Clay Canvas, Greenware needs to be cleaned and then fired to bisque.
- (ceramics, rare) A form of Chinese pottery having a green glaze.
- 1983, Yaw Lu and Mary Tregear, Song Ceramics, Other kilns in Shaanxi and Henan and other provinces in the North, like Shanxi and Shandong, also produced greenwares during the Song period.