English-Thai Dictionary

porcelain

N เครื่อง ถ้วยชาม  เครื่องลายคราม  เครื่องเคลือบ  earthenware enamelware krueng-tuai-cham

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PORCELAIN

n.[L. portulaca. ] 1. The finest species of earthen ware, originally manufactured in China and Japan, but now made in several European countries. All earthen wares which are white and semi-transparent, are called porcelains, but they differ much in their fineness and beauty. The porcelain of China is said to be made of two species of earth, the petuntse, which is fusible, and the kaolin, which is not fusible, or not with the degree of heat which fuses the petuntse, and that in porcelain the substances are only semi-vitrified, or one substance only is vitrified, the other not. Hence it is concluded that porcelain is an intermediate substance between earth and glass. Hence the second degree of fusibility, of which emollescence is the first, is called by Kirwan the porcelain state.
2. The plant called purslain, which see.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PORCELAIN

PORCELAIN Por "ce *lain, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Purslain. [Obs. ]

 

PORCELAIN

Por "ce *lain (277 ), n. Etym: [F. porcelaine, It. porcellana, orig. ,the porcelain shell, or Venus shell (Cypræa 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. ]

 

Defn: 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. Porcelain, by being pure, is apt to break. Dryden. Ivory porcelain, porcelain with a surface like ivory, produced by depolishing. See Depolishing. -- Porcelain clay. See under Clay. -- Porcelain crab (Zoöl.), any crab of the genus Porcellana and allied genera (family Porcellanidæ ). 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 (Zoöl.), a cowry.

 

PORCELAINIZED

PORCELAINIZED Por "ce *lain *ized, a. (Geol.)

 

Defn: Baked like potter's lay; -- applied to clay shales that have been converted by heat into a substance resembling porcelain.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

porcelain

por ce lain |ˈpôrs (ə )lən ˈpɔrs (ə )lən | ▶noun a white vitrified translucent ceramic; china. See also hard-paste, soft-paste. • (usu. porcelains ) articles made of this. • such articles collectively: a collection of Chinese porcelain. DERIVATIVES por ce la ne ous |ˌpôrsəˈlānēəs |adjective, por cel la nous |-əs |adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French porcelaine, from Italian porcellana ‘cowrie shell, ’ hence ‘chinaware ’ (from its resemblance to the dense polished shells ).

 

porcelainberry

por ce lain ber ry |ˈpôrs (ə )lənˌberē ˈpɔrsələnbɛri | ▶noun a deciduous, woody perennial vine of Asian origin, first cultivated as an ornamental and now regarded as an aggressive invader in most of the eastern US. The attractive berries, in multiple colors from white to deep purple, appear in early autumn. [Ampelopsis brevipedunculata, family Vitaceae. ]

 

porcelain clay

por ce lain clay ▶noun another term for kaolin.

 

porcelain crab

por ¦cel |ain crab ▶noun a marine crablike crustacean with long antennae, related to the hermit crabs. ●Porcellana and other genera, superfamily Galatheoidea. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: so named because of its smooth and polished shell.

 

porcelain fungus

por ¦cel |ain fun ¦gus ▶noun a common edible Eurasian mushroom which is white and covered with a slimy fluid, growing on beech trees. Also called poached egg fungus. ●Oudemansiella mucida, family Tricholomataceae, class Hymenomycetes.

 

Oxford Dictionary

porcelain

porcelain |ˈpɔːs (ə )lɪn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a white vitrified translucent ceramic; china. See also hard-paste, soft-paste. • [ count noun ] (usu. porcelains ) an article made of porcelain. • porcelain articles collectively: a collection of Chinese porcelain. DERIVATIVES porcellaneous |ˌpɔːsɪˈleɪnɪəs |adjective, porcellanous |pɔːˈsɛlənəs |adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French porcelaine, from Italian porcellana ‘cowrie shell ’, hence ‘chinaware ’ (from its resemblance to the dense polished shells ).

 

porcelainberry

por ce lain ber ry |ˈpôrs (ə )lənˌberē ˈpɔrsələnbɛri | ▶noun a deciduous, woody perennial vine of Asian origin, first cultivated as an ornamental and now regarded as an aggressive invader in most of the eastern US. The attractive berries, in multiple colors from white to deep purple, appear in early autumn. [Ampelopsis brevipedunculata, family Vitaceae. ]

 

porcelain clay

por ¦cel |ain clay ▶noun another term for kaolin.

 

porcelain crab

por ¦cel |ain crab ▶noun a marine crablike crustacean with long antennae, related to the hermit crabs. ●Porcellana and other genera, superfamily Galatheoidea. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: so named because of its smooth and polished shell.

 

porcelain fungus

por ¦cel |ain fun ¦gus ▶noun a common edible Eurasian mushroom which is white and covered with a slimy fluid, growing on beech trees. Also called poached egg fungus. ●Oudemansiella mucida, family Tricholomataceae, class Hymenomycetes.

 

French Dictionary

porcelaine

porcelaine n. f. nom féminin 1 Poterie très fine. : Une tasse de porcelaine de Limoges. 2 Objet en porcelaine. : Une collection de porcelaines. Note Orthographique porcel ai ne.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

porcelain

por ce lain /pɔ́ː r s (ə )lɪn /名詞 U 1 磁器 (china )▸ a porcelain enamel pan ほうろうの平なべ ▸ a porcelain tooth [(bath )tub, doll, cup ]磁器製の入れ歯 [バスタブ, 人形, 茶碗 ].2 〖集合的に 〗磁器製品 (china ).