porcelain

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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpɔː^rs^əlɪn/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈpɔrsəlɪn, pɔrslɪn/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pôr′sə lin, pōr′-; pôrs′lin, pōrs′-)

por•ce•lain /ˈpɔrsəlɪn, pɔrslɪn/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]

Ceramicsa hard, shiny, transparent substance made by baking clay, used to make cups and dishes.
Ceramicscups and dishes made from this substance.

por•ce•lain (pôr′sə lin, pōr′-; pôrs′lin, pōrs′-),USA pronunciation n.

Ceramicsa strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
Ceramicsware made from this.

Italian porcellana origin, originally, a type of cowry shell, apparently likened to the vulva of a sow, noun, nominal use of feminine of porcellano of a young sow, equivalent. to porcell(a), diminutive of porca sow (see pork, -elle) + -ano -an
French porcelaine
1520–30

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porcelain /ˈpɔːslɪn; -leɪn; ˈpɔːsə-/ n

a more or less translucent ceramic material, the principal ingredients being kaolin and petuntse (hard paste) or other clays, ground glassy substances, soapstone, bone ash, etc
an object made of this or such objects collectively
(modifier) of, relating to, or made from this material: a porcelain cup

Etymology: 16th Century: from French porcelaine, from Italian porcellana cowrie shell, porcelain (from its shell-like finish), literally: relating to a sow (from the resemblance between a cowrie shell and a sow's vulva), from porcella little sow, from porca sow, from Latin; see pork

'porcelain' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

ammoniac - biscuit - bone china - boric acid - celadon - ceramics - Chantilly - china - crackle - crown - Crown Derby - Dresden china - eggshell porcelain - famille - frit - hard paste - inlay - Jingdezhen - Kanazawa - kaolin - kiln - Limoges - lustre - lustreware - Meissen - Ming - muffle - paste - petuntse - plaque - plate - rice bowl - Saint-Cloud - Satsuma - Sèvres - soft paste - spode - underglaze - ware - willow pattern - wreath - Yuan - arcanist - artware - Belleek - bone porcelain - borax - cabaret - ceramist - clair de lune

In Lists: Ceramics/pottery, Ceramic objects, more...

Synonyms: earthenware, ceramic(s), enamelware, China, biscuit, more...

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