porcelain
noun
- The plant Smilax china, a liana of much of eastern Asia.
noun
- A plant or flower of the repeat-blooming Chinese rose species Rosa chinensis.
- A plant or flower of one of the class of hybrids developed from Rosa chinensis.
- Synonym of elderflower rose, Rosa cymosa.
noun
- Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, native to east Asia.
noun
- Chinaware: porcelain tableware.
"He set the table with china, cloth napkins, and crystal stemware."
- Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.
- Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.
- Tea from China, varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.
- (games) A glazed china marble.
- A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences.
noun
- A small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell.
- (by extension) Any gastropod of the genus Cypraea; its shell.
- (by extension) Any gastropod of the family Cypraeidae; its shell.
noun
- A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
"John and I have been friends ever since we were roommates at college. Trust is important between friends. I used to find it hard to make friends when I was shy."
- An associate who provides assistance.
"The Automobile Association is every motorist's friend. The police is every law-abiding citizen's friend."
- A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
"a friend of a friend; I added him as a friend on Facebook, but I hardly know him."
- A person who backs or supports something.
"I’m not a friend of cheap wine."
- An object or idea that can be used for good.
"Wiktionary is your friend."
- (used only in the vocative) Used as a form of address when warning someone.
"You’d better watch it, friend."
- A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.
- A spring-loaded camming device.
- A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend.
- A relative, a relation by blood or marriage.
"Friends agree best at a distance."
noun
- A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, paper-making, etc.
noun
- (usually uncountable) A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.
"Tableware and toilets are both made of porcelain."
- (now usually plural) An object made of porcelain, art objects or items of tableware.
"The museum has an extensive collection of rare Chinese porcelains."
- (often capitalized) A kind of pigeon with deep brown and off-white feathers.
noun
- Small beads made from polished shells, especially white ones, formerly used as money and jewelry by certain Native American peoples.
- A string of such beads.
- Money.
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