bone china

noun

1. a fine, naturally white china made with bone ash.

bone china

noun

1. porcelain containing bone ash

Word History and Origins

Origin of bone china¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

My parents will only drink their morning tea out of their favorite fine bone china mugs.

From The Daily Beast

He pulled a bone china teacup printed with white floral bells, Lily of the Valley, from one of the cabinets.

From The Daily Beast

He was more finely bred than any American she had met, with his bone-china accent, willowy height and languid wit.

From The Daily Beast

For present purposes not much is to be learned from the soft porcelains of France nor from the bone china of England.

From Project Gutenberg

Later on I shall tell you much about soft paste wares, and about bone china.

From Project Gutenberg

There is also a so-called porcelain made from a mixture of clays and phosphates—a ware known to the trade as bone china.

From Project Gutenberg

But bone china is very strong, and does not chip as does a more brittle variety.

From Project Gutenberg