Ceramic tiles

A ceramic plate

This ceramic is pottery from Ancient Egypt

Ceramic is the name for some materials that are formed by the use of heat. The word ceramic comes from the Greek word κεραμικός (<span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">keramikos). Chemically, it is an inorganic compound of metal, non-metal or metalloid atoms held together by chemical bonds.