porcelain
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
porcelain /ˈpɔːs(ə)lɪn/
▶noun a white vitrified translucent ceramic; china. See also hard-paste, soft-paste.
■ articles made of this.
– derivatives
porcellaneous /ˌpɔːsɪˈleɪnɪəs/ adjective,
porcellanous /pɔːˈsɛlənəs/ adjective.
porcellaneous /ˌpɔːsɪˈleɪnɪəs/ adjective,
porcellanous /pɔːˈsɛlənəs/ adjective.
– origin C16: from Fr. porcelaine, from Ital. porcellana ‘cowrie shell’, hence ‘chinaware’.
'porcelain' also found in these Oxford entries:
Arita
- biscuit
- bone china
- Capo di Monte
- china stone
- Coalport
- Crown Derby
- decal
- decalcomania
- Dresden china
- famille
- fingerplate
- flambé
- frit
- hard-paste
- Imari
- jasper
- kaolin
- mandarin
- Meissen
- millefleurs
- Ming
- Parian
- paste
- pâte
- peach bloom
- petuntse
- porcelain clay
- purslane
- reticulated
- Sèvres
- soft-paste
- Spode
- Worcester
