Bandkeramik

noun

Band·​ke·​ram·​ik

¦bänt-kā-¦rä-mik

plural -s

: a European Neolithic pottery with banded decoration

Word History

Etymology

German, from band band (from Old High German bant) + keramik ceramics, from French céramique

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