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celadon
[ sel-uh-don, -dn ]
noun
- any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
- any porcelain imitating these.
- a pale gray-green.
adjective
- having the color celadon.
celadon
/ ˈsɛləˌdɒn /
noun
- a type of porcelain having a greyish-green glaze: mainly Chinese
- a pale greyish-green colour, sometimes somewhat yellow
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Origin of celadon1
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Example Sentences
Yoory Jung makes paintings and prints that emulate the surfaces of traditional Korean celadon pottery.
A carved celadon-glazed ceramic Qianlong vase sold for $7.9 million, double its high presale estimate.
The "Celadon and Amelia" is dingy, and poor in all respects.
"Celadon" ware is abundant from Karachi to Babylon, and some of it is of extraordinary fineness and beauty of glaze.
Had we been the Celadon and Chloe of a country village, he could not have regarded us as more equal, so far as the world went.
Celadon in despair throws himself into a river; this refers to his voyage to Malta.
When Alexis assumes the name of Celadon, he calls that love which Astrea had mistaken for fraternal affection.
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