eggshell china

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• eggshell china — or eggshell porcelain, porcelain ware of extreme thinness and delicacy …   Useful english dictionary

• eggshell china — /ˌɛgʃɛl ˈtʃaɪnə/ (say .egshel chuynuh) noun very thin, translucent porcelain …  

• eggshell porcelain — eggshell china or eggshell porcelain, porcelain ware of extreme thinness and delicacy …   Useful english dictionary

• eggshell — I UK [ˈeɡˌʃel] / US noun Word forms eggshell : singular eggshell plural eggshells 1) [countable] the hard outside layer of an egg 2) [uncountable] a type of paint that is slightly shiny II UK [ˈeɡˌʃel] / US adjective like an eggshell, for example …   English dictionary

• eggshell — egg|shell1 [ eg,ʃel ] noun 1. ) count the hard outside layer of an egg 2. ) uncount MAINLY BRITISH a type of paint that is only slightly shiny eggshell egg|shell 2 [ eg,ʃel ] adjective like an eggshell, for example white yellow in color, not very …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• eggshell — noun (C, U) 1 the hard outside part of a bird s egg 2 eggshell china/paint a type of china or paint that is thin and hard, like the shell of an egg …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• eggshell — ► NOUN 1) the thin, hard, fragile outer layer of an egg. 2) (before another noun ) (of china) extremely thin and delicate. 3) (before another noun ) denoting an oil based paint that dries with a slight sheen …   English terms dictionary

• china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …   Universalium

• China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …   Universalium

• china — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. chinaware, dishes, crockery; stoneware. See receptacle. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. chinaware, dishes, earthenware, pottery, crockery, porcelain, stoneware; see also dish 1 . Varieties of china include:… …   English dictionary for students

• china — Synonyms and related words: adobe, biscuit, bisque, bowl, brick, bubble, cement, ceramic ware, ceramics, clay, crock, crockery, eggshell, enamel, enamelware, firebrick, glass, glass house, house of cards, ice, jug, matchwood, old paper, parchment …   Moby Thesaurus