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• delft blue — noun see delft 2 …   Useful english dictionary

• delft — blue (characteristic of a popular china developed in the Dutch city of Delft); delft china; delftware …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

• Delft — For other uses, see Delft (disambiguation). Delft   Municipality   …   Wikipedia

• blue — Synonyms and related words: Alice blue, Amytal, Amytal pill, Brunswick blue, Caelus, Capri blue, Chinese blue, Copenhagen blue, Demerol, Dolophine, Dresden blue, Fescennine, French blue, Gobelin blue, H, Luminal, Luminal pill, M, Mickey Finn,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Delft, Cape Town — Delft   Region   Street map of Delft …   Wikipedia

• delft — /delft/, n. 1. earthenware having an opaque white glaze with an overglaze decoration, usually in blue. 2. any pottery resembling this. Also, delf /delf/. Also called delft ware. [1705 15; after DELFT] * * * City (pop., 2001 est.: 96,180),… …   Universalium

• delft — ► NOUN ▪ glazed earthenware, typically decorated in blue on a white background. ORIGIN named after the town of Delft in the Netherlands, where it originated …   English terms dictionary

• delft — n. type of earthenware traditionally decorated with a blue and white glaze (made in the Netherlands) …   English contemporary dictionary

• Blue and white porcelain — For other uses, see Blue and white Blue and white wares designate white pottery and porcelain decorated under the glaze with a blue pigment, generally cobalt oxide. The decoration is commonly applied by hand, by stencilling or by transfer… …   Wikipedia

• delft — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Delft, Netherlands Date: 1723 1. tin glazed Dutch earthenware with blue and white or polychrome decoration 2. ceramic ware (as tiles) resembling or imitative of Dutch delft …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• delft — [[t]dɛlft[/t]] also delf [[t]dɛlf[/t]] n. 1) cer earthenware having an opaque white glaze with an overglaze decoration, usu. in blue 2) cer any pottery resembling this Also called delft′ ware . Etymology: 1705–15; after Delft …   From formal English to slang