fajans — meaning in English

English meaning

• dud noun Something, especially a bomb or device, that fails to work as intended.
• faience noun A tin-glazed earthenware ceramic used for tableware and as a decorative material in architecture.

Senses

fajans is used for these senses in English:

• dud (informal) A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.
• faience A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic, used domestically for tableware and in architecture as a decorative material.

dud — full definition

1. noun Something, especially a bomb or device, that fails to work as intended.
2. noun Any failure or disappointment.
3. adj Useless or failing to work.

faience — full definition

1. noun A tin-glazed earthenware ceramic used for tableware and as a decorative material in architecture.
2. noun In archaeology, small beads or ornaments made from frit, produced in the eastern Mediterranean during the Bronze and Iron Ages.

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