China

/ˈt͡ʃaɪ̯nə/ · noun

Meaning

(uncountable) Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now (chiefly US) sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china..

Definitions by Sense

1. (uncountable) Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now (chiefly US) sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china.
2. (uncountable) Chinaware: porcelain tableware.
3. (uncountable, chiefly US, dated) Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.
4. (uncountable) Synonym of China root, the root of Smilax china (particularly) as a medicine.
5. (uncountable, obsolete) Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.
6. (countable) Synonym of China rose, in its various senses.
7. (countable, Cockney rhyming slang, Australia, South Africa) Synonym of mate (rhyme of china-plate).
8. (uncountable, dated) Tea from China, (particularly) varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.

Example Sentences

It's a china doll.

...a Present of certain very rich Pieces of China.

He set the table with china, cloth napkins, and crystal stemware.

The traditional 20th anniversary gift is china.

They sell Callicoes, Cheney Sattin, Cheney ware.

What is porcelain? A fine earthenware differing from china in being harder, whiter, harder to fuse and more translucent than ordinary pottery.

China, saith Manardus, makes a good colour in the face, takes away melancholy, and all infirmities proceeding from cold […].

...And then the last boon I'll implore, Is to bless us with China so tight...

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Word Forms

• chinas
• China
• chiney
• cheny
• cheney
• chenea
• chainy
• chaney
• chany
• chaynee
• chayney
• cheenie
• cheeny
• chainé

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