Porcelain

Noun

 * 1) a hard, white, translucent ceramic that is made by firing kaolin and other materials; china.
 * 2) anything manufactured from this material.

Related terms

 * porcelaneous

Adjectives for Porcelain
unglazed; transparent; rare; imported.

Verbs for Porcelain
bake—; cast—; decorate—; dip—; finish—; form—; glaze—; mold—; paint—; polish—; prize—;  scour—;   shape—;   shatter—; smooth—; value—; —gleams; —graces; —shines.

Thesaurus
adobe, biscuit, bisque, bowl, brick, cement, ceramic ware, ceramics, china, clay, crock, crockery, enamel, enamelware, firebrick, glass, jug, pot, pottery, refractory, tile, tiling, urn, vase

Etymology
From porcelaine 'cowrie, chinaware', from  porcellana 'cowrie, chinaware', from porcella, the mussel and cockle shells which painters put their pigments in, literally 'female piglet'.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: porselein
 * Arabic: خزف
 * Bosnian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 瓷器,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: porcelano
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: porcelana
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: चीनी मिट्टी के बरतन
 * Icelandic:
 * Japanese:, 焼き物,  ポースレン,  陶磁


 * Luxembourgish: Parzeläin
 * Norwegian: porselen
 * Persian: پورسلین
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: порцелан
 * Roman: porcelan
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: porslin
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu: چینی مٹی کے برتن
 * Vietnamese: sứ
 * Welsh: porslen


 * Afrikaans: porselein
 * Bosnian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 瓷器
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: porcelano
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: porcelana
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:
 * Japanese: 陶磁器


 * Luxembourgish: Parzeläin
 * Norwegian: porselen
 * Persian: (porselin)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: порцелан
 * Roman: porcelan
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: porslin
 * Turkish: porselen
 * Welsh: porslen