porcelana — meaning in English
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English meaning
- porcelain noun A hard, translucent white ceramic made by firing fine clay at high heat, or objects made from it.
Senses
porcelana is used for these senses in English:
- porcelain (usually, uncountable) A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as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.
- porcelain (countable, now, _, usually, in the plural) An object made of porcelain, (particularly) art objects or items of tableware.