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PORCELAIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("porcelain" is a kind of...):
ceramic ware (utensils made from ceramic material)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "porcelain"):
china (high quality porcelain originally made only in China)
Spode (a brand of fine English porcelain)