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• china — ► NOUN 1) a fine white or translucent ceramic material. 2) household objects made from china. 3) Brit. informal a friend. [ORIGIN: from rhyming slang china plate «mate».] ORIGIN from Persian, relating to China …   English terms dictionary

• china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …   Universalium

• china — n. & adj. n. 1 a kind of fine white or translucent ceramic ware, porcelain, etc. 2 things made from ceramic, esp. household tableware. 3 rhymingsl. one s mate , i.e. husband or wife (short for china plate). adj. made of china. Phrases and idioms …   Useful english dictionary

• China — n. & adj. n. 1 a kind of fine white or translucent ceramic ware, porcelain, etc. 2 things made from ceramic, esp. household tableware. 3 rhymingsl. one s mate , i.e. husband or wife (short for china plate). adj. made of china. Phrases and idioms …   Useful english dictionary

• china — I. /ˈtʃaɪnə / (say chuynuh) noun 1. a vitreous, translucent earthenware, originally produced in China. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, etc., collectively. 4. figurines of porcelain, especially a collection. –adjective 5. made of china. 6 …  

• China — Porcelain Por ce*lain (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It. porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell (Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig, probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a pig s back. Porcelain was… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• China ware — Porcelain Por ce*lain (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It. porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell (Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig, probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a pig s back. Porcelain was… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• china — noun 1》 a fine white or translucent vitrified ceramic material.     ↘household tableware or other objects made from china. 2》 Brit. informal a friend. [from rhyming sl. china plate mate .] Origin C16: from Pers. chīnī relating to China …   English new terms dictionary

• china — chi•na [[t]ˈtʃaɪ nə[/t]] n. 1) cer a translucent ceramic material, orig. imported from China; porcelain 2) cer any porcelain or ceramic tableware 3) cer figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material collectively • Etymology: 1645–55; by… …   From formal English to slang

• Syracuse China — Syracuse China, located in Lyncourt, New York (a suburb of Syracuse), was founded in 1871 as Onondaga Pottery Company (O.P. Co.) in the town of Geddes next to Syracuse and is still producing to this day. Initially a producer of earthenware, in… …   Wikipedia

• bone china — n. translucent china made with white clay to which bone ash or calcium phosphate has been added …   English World dictionary