porcelain
noun
- a hard, white, nonporous, translucent variety of ceramic ware, made of kaolin, feldspar, and quartz or flint
- porcelain dishes or ornaments, collectively
adjective
made of porcelain
See porcelain in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(pôrˈsə-lĭn, pōrˈ-, pôrsˈlĭn, pōrsˈ-)
noun- A hard, white, translucent ceramic made by firing a pure clay and then glazing it with variously colored fusible materials; china.
- An object made of this substance.
Related Forms:
- porˌce·laˈne·ous (-lāˈnē-əs) adjective
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