Definition of overglaze in English:

noun

• Decoration or a second glaze applied to glazed ceramic ware.

  as modifier ‘overglaze enamel’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The designs are put on either with an underglaze, a sort of drawing technique, or overglaze, which is more like montage.’
  • ‘Practically invisible or blatantly obvious, these so-called slipups made centuries ago survive today beneath vitrified coats of clear overglaze and provide snapshots of the innovative and ingenious decorative techniques employed.’
  • ‘In graffito pottery the design was produced by scratching though the overglaze.’
  • ‘This brilliant, almost emerald green is actually a two-part paint system that consists of a basecoat covered with a semitransparent overglaze.’