Meanings (ES + gloss)
loza • porcelana
A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as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.
Any power rail needs to be well insulated from earth, to minimise current leakage, and so the two power rails on the Underground sit on curiously genteel and antique-looking porcel…
Tableware and toilets are both made of porcelain.
porcelana
An object made of porcelain, (particularly) art objects or items of tableware.
The museum has an extensive collection of rare Chinese porcelains.
Phrases
Chantilly porcelainPlymouth porcelainbow down before the porcelain goddrive the porcelain busivory porcelainpoint Percy at the porcelainporcelain aortaporcelain blueporcelain busporcelain cementporcelain clayporcelain colorporcelain crabporcelain dollporcelain earthporcelain godporcelain goddessporcelain grainporcelain jasperporcelain kilnporcelain laceporcelain ovenporcelain paperporcelain printingporcelain shellporcelain skinporcelain sparporcelain toothporcelain wareporcelain-makerporcelain-makingporcelain-tintedporcelain-whiteporcelainberryporcelainistporcelainiteporcelainizeporcelainlikeporcelainwareporcelaneous
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