Porcelain

Quick meaning: Porcelain is a noun meaning (usually uncountable) Synonym of china: porcelain tableware.

Meaning

(usually uncountable) Synonym of china: porcelain tableware.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable, obsolete) Synonym of kaolin: the kind of clay traditionally used in China to manufacture porcelain.
2. (countable, now usually in the plural) An object made of porcelain, (particularly) art objects or items of tableware.
3. (countable, rare) Synonym of cowrie.
4. (countable, often capitalized) A kind of pigeon with deep brown and off-white feathers.
5. (transitive) To coat with a porcelain enamel.
6. (countable, obsolete or historical) Synonym of wampum: strings of shells, beads, etc. used as ornamentation or currency; the composite shells, beads, etc.
7. (usually uncountable) A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.

Example Sentences

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Tableware and toilets are both made of porcelain.

He set the table with our porcelain and stemware.

The museum has an extensive collection of rare Chinese porcelains.

Word Forms

• porcelains
• porcelaining
• porcelained

Synonyms for porcelain

Depending on context, synonyms include china, chinaware, kaolin, cowrie, wampum.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include earthenware, pottery, ceramics, ceramic, magnetism, tao.

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