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
- preview
- previewer
- Previn, André
- previous
- Previous Examination
- previously
- previousness
- previous question
- previous to
- previse
- prevision
- previsional
- previsionary
- pre-visualisation
- previsualise
- pre-visualization
- pre-visualize
- previsualize
- previtamin
- prevocalic
- prevocalically
- prevocalized
- pre-vocational
- prevolitional
- prevost