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Substantiivi

1. (usually uncountable) A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.
2. (usually uncountable) Synonym of china: porcelain tableware.
3. (uncountable, obsolete) Synonym of kaolin: the kind of clay traditionally used in China to manufacture porcelain.
4. (countable, now usually in the plural) An object made of porcelain, (particularly) art objects or items of tableware.
5. (countable, rare) Synonym of cowrie.
6. (countable, obsolete or historical) Synonym of wampum: strings of shells, beads, etc. used as ornamentation or currency; the composite shells, beads, etc.
7. (countable, often capitalized) A kind of pigeon with deep brown and off-white feathers.

Verbi

1. (transitive) To coat with a porcelain enamel.