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china
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As a noun, china means chinaware: porcelain tableware.
Meanings of china
7 meaningsnoun
Chinaware: porcelain tableware.
“He set the table with china, cloth napkins, and crystal stemware.”
“The traditional 20th anniversary gift is china.”
musicA kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences.
High quality porcelain originally made only in China
Dishware made of high quality porcelain
Similar: chinaware
Older and rare meanings (3)
chiefly usdatedCheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.
datedTea from China, (particularly) varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.
gameschiefly usobsoleteA glazed china marble.
Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now (chiefly US) sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china.
Synonym of China root, the root of Smilax china (particularly) as a medicine.
Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).