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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Porcelain (0.01061 detik)
Found 4 items, similar to Porcelain.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: porcelain porselen
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: porcelain beling, porselen
English → English (WordNet) Definition: porcelain porcelain n : ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic
English → English (gcide) Definition: Porcelain 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 called after this shell, either on account of its smoothness and whiteness, or because it was believed to be made from it. See Pork.] A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware, made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and America; -- called also China, or China ware. [1913 Webster] Porcelain, by being pure, is apt to break. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Ivory porcelain, porcelain with a surface like ivory, produced by depolishing. See Depolishing. Porcelain clay. See under Clay. Porcelain crab (Zo["o]l.), any crab of the genus Porcellana and allied genera (family Porcellanid[ae]). They have a smooth, polished carapace. Porcelain jasper. (Min.) See Porcelanite. Porcelain printing, the transferring of an impression of an engraving to porcelain. Porcelain shell (Zo["o]l.), a cowry. [1913 Webster] Porcelain \Por"ce*lain\, n. (Bot.) Purslain. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

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