Porcelain

['pɔːs(ə)lɪn] or ['pɔsəlen]

Definition

(noun.) ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic.

Checker: Lowell--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Purslain.

(n.) A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware, made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and America; -- called also China, or China ware.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. China, china ware.

Edited by Kelsey

Definition

n. a fine earthenware white thin semi-transparent first made in China: china-ware.—adj. of the nature of porcelain.—adjs. Por′celānous Porcellā′neous Por′cellānous.—n. Por′cellanite a very hard impure jaspideous rock.—Cast or Fusible porcelain a milky glass made of silica and cryolite with oxide of zinc; Egg-shell porcelain an extremely thin and translucent porcelain; False porcelain a name given to the artificial or soft-paste porcelain; Frit porcelain a name given to artificial soft-paste English porcelain from its vitreous nature; Tender porcelain a ware imitating hard-paste or natural porcelain.

Typist: Rudy

Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of porcelain, signifies you will have favorable opportunities of progressing in your affairs. To see it broken or soiled, denotes mistakes will be made which will cause grave offense.

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Examples

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