as in pottery
a ceramic ware made from a hard, white substance that is very delicate
The family only used their porcelain for their formal Christmas dinner.
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Recent Examples of porcelain
Vladimir Kanevsky looks over his porcelain sculpture of lilacs at the Frick Collection in Manhattan.
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Guy Trebay, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
See treasures Human remains that had been burned were also found inside the tomb, along with grave goods like a black-glazed porcelain basin, a white porcelain cup, a bronze mirror, a jade hairpin, a wooden comb and an epitaph, or tombstone.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
This porcelain set consists of four dinner plates, four starter plates, and four deep plates.
—Erika Owen, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2025
Per the authors, the key to optimal splash-free urinal design is the angle at which the pee stream strikes the porcelain surface; get a small enough angle, and there won't be any splashback.
—ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2025
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Guy Trebay, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
See treasures Human remains that had been burned were also found inside the tomb, along with grave goods like a black-glazed porcelain basin, a white porcelain cup, a bronze mirror, a jade hairpin, a wooden comb and an epitaph, or tombstone.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
This porcelain set consists of four dinner plates, four starter plates, and four deep plates.
—Erika Owen, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2025
Per the authors, the key to optimal splash-free urinal design is the angle at which the pee stream strikes the porcelain surface; get a small enough angle, and there won't be any splashback.
—ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for porcelain
Noun
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Five sketches by New York caricaturist Al Hirschfeld are also among the lots, as are pre-Colombian pottery pieces, turn-of-the century weather vanes, and a Byzantine processional cross.—
Francesca Aton for ArtNews,
Robb Report,
21 May 2025
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Barnett’s own journey threads through the pages, particularly in her essay linking pre-emancipation pottery traditions to liberation.—
Byron Armstrong,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
Noun
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Using tongs, transfer meatballs and garlic cloves to a large plate.—
Jasmine Smith,
Southern Living,
30 May 2025
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Heavier plates can slide beneath lighter ones, heating and melting the rock and creating magma.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
Noun
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The plates are made in Portugal and are constructed with long-lasting earthenware (a type of ceramic) that is both microwave and dishwasher safe for easy use and cleanup.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2025
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Grapes are fermented—often with skin, seeds, stems, and all—in large earthenware vessels, known as qvevri, that are buried underground.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
27 Apr. 2025
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Pro tip: Don't settle for paper plates, bring your best china from home.—
Sydney Bergan,
USA Today,
6 May 2025
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Southern interior designers know that there are many different ways to enjoy nice china that don't involve dining.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The first piece visitors saw was a striking work by the artist Anina Major, which reinterpreted the weaving techniques passed down by generations of enslaved people of West African origin in the Bahamas into glazed stoneware.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
30 May 2025
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The new restaurant is 6,000 square feet, as opposed to the usual 3,000 square feet, and uses natural stoneware and organic textures like travertine, Taj Mahal quartzite and Venetian plaster.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2025
Noun
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Customers come and go, street merchants stop in to peddle their wares and the hair braiders bicker over clients, laugh, dance, watch African soap operas on TV and work until their fingers bleed.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2025
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Servo Gasoline did not have sanitizer to adequately wash wares.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2025
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According to her, special knives, large crockery and stainless steel items should never go in the dishwasher.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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China Vintage China Styling your bookshelves or walls with vintage china plates or crockery is a great way to add some class and charm to your space.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Porcelain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porcelain. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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