vitrified
Turned to glass
Vitrified means converted into glass or a glasslike substance, usually through intense heat.
The word appears in technical and industrial contexts: vitrified clay pipes, vitrified ceramic tiles.
Nuclear waste may be vitrified to immobilize radioactive material in stable glass.
Figuratively rare, but when used suggests something frozen, hardened, or made impervious: a vitrified stare.
Permitting diffused light passage
- glossySmooth and shiny
- lustrousSoftly bright, reflective
- sheenSoft surface luster
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
brittle · crystalline · silicate · obsidian · fused · molten · amorphous · glasslike
Translucent fired clay
- stonewareDense ceramic fired hot
- earthenwareLow-temperature fired pottery
- glazeThin lustrous coating
- kilnOven for hardening clay
firing · clay · bisque · terracotta · faience · raku · majolica · delftware
Joined by melting together
- meltedMade liquid by warmth
- solidifiedMade firm, not fluid
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
- convertedAltered in form or purpose
transmuted · metamorphosed · crystallized · petrified · calcined · annealed · altered · changed
Fired clay objects
- shardsBroken fragments of brittle material
- sherdsBroken pottery fragments
- ancientVery old indeed
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
neolithic · kiln-fired · prehistoric · excavation · settlements · amphora · thermoluminescence · provenance
Unwanted discarded material
- radioactiveEmitting nuclear decay particles
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- immobilizationPreventing movement entirely
- disposalAct of throwing away
storage · encapsulation · leaching · repository · canisters · plutonium · cesium · borosilicate
translucent
Permitting diffused light passage
smooth · brittle · crystalline · silicate · obsidian · fused · molten · amorphous · glasslike · transparent
porcelain
Translucent fired clay
- stonewareDense ceramic fired hot
- earthenwareLow-temperature fired pottery
- glazeThin lustrous coating
kiln · firing · clay · bisque · terracotta · faience · raku · majolica · delftware · slipware
fused
Joined by melting together
- meltedMade liquid by warmth
- solidifiedMade firm, not fluid
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
converted · transmuted · metamorphosed · crystallized · petrified · calcined · annealed · altered · changed
pottery
Fired clay objects
artifacts · neolithic · kiln-fired · prehistoric · excavation · settlements · amphora · thermoluminescence · provenance
waste
Unwanted discarded material
- radioactiveEmitting nuclear decay particles
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- immobilizationPreventing movement entirely
disposal · storage · encapsulation · leaching · repository · canisters · plutonium · cesium · borosilicate · nuclear
tiles
Flat covering pieces
paving · sewer · drainage · masonry · flooring · abrasives · refractories · furnace · crucible · insulator
- hardenedhardened, solidified, petrified, fossilized, calcified
- porcelainbone china, porcelain figurines, china, fine china, hard-paste
- enameledglazed, kiln-fired, fired, cloisonne, enamelware
- pottery conditionsbisque, greenware, bone dry, glazed, unglazed
- kiln firedbisque, earthenware, porcelain, stoneware, terracotta
vitrifiedcrystalline
Clear, ordered, brilliant
porous · crystallized · unfused · granular · powdery