saggar
/ˈsaɡə
/(also sagger)
noun
A protective fireclay box enclosing ceramic ware while it is being fired.It is hard to know whether the saggers were being fired by a large Iraqi force or a small but determined one....
- When we finally reached the spot at which we estimated they had fired the saggar, there was nothing.
- I finally decided to use a ‘sagger,’ a container in which the pottery is placed, along with a combustible material (sawdust).
Origin
Mid 18th century: probably a contraction of the noun safeguard.
Rhymes
- envier
- envious
- enviously
- enviro
- environ
- environal
- environment
- environment agency
- environmental
- environmental activism
- environmental activist
- environmental art
- environmental audit
- environmental campaigner
- environmental determinism
- environmental engineer
- environmental engineering
- environmental friendliness
- environmental friendly
- environmental hormone
- environmental illness
- environmental impact
- environmentalism
- environmentalist
- environmental label