samian ware

1. 1.

   earthenware made from the reddish-brown clay found on the Aegean island of Lemnos

   Synonymsterra sigillata

   Broaderearthenware

Questions about samian ware

What does samian ware mean?

samian ware means "earthenware made from the reddish-brown clay found on the Aegean island of Lemnos".

What is another word for samian ware?

Close synonyms include terra sigillata. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is samian ware a common word?

samian ware is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.