porcelain
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++porce·lain /ˈpɔːslɪn $ ˈpɔːrsəlɪn/ noun [uncountable] 1 TIPa hard shiny white substance that is used for making expensive plates, cups etc 瓷 → china a porcelain vase 瓷花瓶2. DFUplates, cups etc made of this 瓷器 → china
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porcelain• Instruments of torture feature somewhat incongruously alongside porcelain, glassware and fans owned by members of the imperial family.• Firemen and villagers formed a chain to ferry furniture and porcelain to safety.• I held my breath and examined the exquisite little porcelain feathers and the pink and white porcelain crab-apple blossoms.• The year was 1710, and Meissen porcelain is still being made to this day.• Hand-painted porcelain plates and artistic presentations are visually charming here.• The porcelain industry, in which again much government money was sunk, was also a failure.• She had put two straight-backed chairs at a kitchen table with a white porcelain top.Origin porcelain (1500-1600) French porcelaine, from Italian porcellana “type of shell, porcelain”porce·lain nounChineseSyllable
used that for shiny substance is white hard Corpus a
porcelain
porce‧lain /ˈpɔːslən, ˈpɔːslɪn $ ˈpɔːrsələn/
noun [uncountable]
a porcelain vase
2. plates, cups etc made of this ⇨ china
porce‧lain /ˈpɔːslən, ˈpɔːslɪn $ ˈpɔːrsələn/
noun [uncountable] Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: porcelaine, from Italian porcellana 'type of shell, porcelain'
1. a hard shiny white substance that is used for making expensive plates, cups etc ⇨ china:Language: French
Origin: porcelaine, from Italian porcellana 'type of shell, porcelain'
2. plates, cups etc made of this ⇨ china