porcelain

«porcelain» in Mova's school dictionary: a hard, white, shiny material made by baking fine clay at… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (porcelain — uncountable); adjective (porcelain)

meaning for a pupil

1) Porcelain is a hard, white, shiny material made by baking fine clay at very high heat; also called china. tree →

2) Porcelain means things made of it, like cups, plates, dolls and vases. tree →

3) Porcelain describes skin that is very pale and smooth. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history, porcelain was invented in China, which is why it is called «china». In science, it is a ceramic: it does not conduct electricity, so it is used in insulators. In stories, a «porcelain doll» is delicate and easily broken.

examples

• Gran keeps her porcelain teacups in a glass cabinet. tree →
• Porcelain was first made in China long ago. tree →
• The porcelain vase smashed on the floor. tree →
• The toilet and sink are made of porcelain. tree →
• She had a porcelain doll with painted cheeks. tree →
• Hold it carefully — porcelain breaks easily. tree →
• The walls and floors of porcelain glittered in the light of a thousand lamps. tree →

note

Uncountable as the material. Pronounced «POR-suh-lin». Porcelain is finer and harder than ordinary pottery (earthenware).

In the corpora

• In the 16th and 17th centuries Spanish silver from the Americas flowed into Ming China through Manila to buy silk and porcelain.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «porcelain» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.