Found 3 items, similar to china.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: china
keramik, tiongkok
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: China
China
n 1: a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern
Asia; the most populous country in the world [syn:
People's Republic of China
,
mainland China,
Communist China,
Red China,
PRC]
2: high quality porcelain originally made only in China
3: a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by
Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by
the communists led by Mao Zedong [syn:
Taiwan,
Nationalist China
,
Republic of China]
4: dishware made of china [syn:
chinaware]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: China
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.
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Porcelain, by being pure, is apt to break. --Dryden.
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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.
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China
\Chi"na\, n.
1. A country in Eastern Asia.
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2. China ware, which is the modern popular term for
porcelain. See
Porcelain.
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China aster (Bot.), a well-known garden flower and plant.
See
Aster.
China bean. See under
Bean, 1.
China clay See
Kaolin.
China grass, Same as
Ramie.
China ink. See
India ink.
China pink (Bot.), an anual or biennial species of
Dianthus (
Dianthus Chiensis) having variously colored
single or double flowers; Indian pink.
China root (Med.), the rootstock of a species of
Smilax
(
Smilax China, from the East Indies; -- formerly much
esteemed for the purposes that sarsaparilla is now used
for. Also the galanga root (from
Alpinia Gallanga and
Alpinia officinarum).
China rose. (Bot.)
(a) A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of
rose derived from the
Rosa Indica, and perhaps other
species.
(b) A flowering hothouse plant (
Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis)
of the Mallow family, common in the gardens of China
and the east Indies.
China shop, a shop or store for the sale of China ware or
of crockery.
Pride of China,
China tree. (Bot.) See
Azedarach.
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