porcelain

noun · verbB2

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noun

Plural noun:

porcelains

1.
(uncountable, usually)(usually uncountable) A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as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.
Tableware and toilets are both made of porcelain.
2.
(uncountable, usually)(usually uncountable) Synonym of china: porcelain tableware.
iij. potts of Erthe payntid, callyd Porseland.
He set the table with our porcelain and stemware.
Đồng nghĩa: china
3.
(obsolete, uncountable)Synonym of kaolin: the kind of clay traditionally used in China to manufacture porcelain.
Đồng nghĩa: kaolin
4.
(countable, plural normally)(countable, now usually in the plural) An object made of porcelain, (particularly) art objects or items of tableware.
The museum has an extensive collection of rare Chinese porcelains.
5.
(countable, rare)Synonym of cowrie.
Đồng nghĩa: cowrie
6.
(countable, historical, obsolete)(countable, obsolete or historical) Synonym of wampum: strings of shells, beads, etc. used as ornamentation or currency; the composite shells, beads, etc.
Đồng nghĩa: wampum
7.
(capitalized, countable, often)(countable, often capitalized) A kind of pigeon with deep brown and off-white feathers.

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verb

V_es/s

porcelains

V_ing/Gerund

porcelaining

V_ed/pp

porcelained

1.
(transitive)To coat with a porcelain enamel.

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Nguồn gốc từ

Middle French porcelaine (cowrie, wampum; china, chinaware), from porcellana (cowrie; china, chinaware), from Italian porcello (piglet). The material was so called because of its resemblance to the shell of the cowrie. Why the cowrie was named with a word meaning “piglet” is unclear.