porcelain
/ˈpɔɹs(ə)lɪn/ noun B2- A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as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.
- Synonym of china: porcelain tableware. · He set the table with our porcelain and stemware.
- An object made of porcelain, (particularly) art objects or items of tableware. · The museum has an extensive collection of rare Chinese porcelains.
- A kind of pigeon with deep brown and off-white feathers.
- The set of Git commands, such as `git commit` or `git checkout`, which control the high-level state of the repository, each typically combining the behaviour of multiple plumbing commands. · Coordinate term: plumbing
Plural porcelains
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Monte Cristo smiled at her unusual humility, and showed her two immense porcelain jars, over which wound marine plants, of a size and delicacy that nature alone could produce.
madame,” replied Monte Cristo, “you must not ask of us, the manufacturers of fine porcelain, such a question.
A large vase of Japan porcelain, filled with flowers that loaded the air with their perfume, stood in the salon.
There was not a blade of grass to be seen in the paths, or a weed in the flower-beds; no fine lady ever trained and watered her geraniums, her cacti, and her rhododendrons, in her porcelain jardinière with more pains than this hitherto unseen gardener bestowed upon his little enclosure.
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