chinaware
[ chahy-nuh-wair ]
/ ˈtʃaɪ nəˌwɛər /
noun
dishes, ornaments, etc., made of china.
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Origin of chinaware
1625–35;
china +
ware1; replacing
Cheney ware, probably <Hindi <Persian
chīnīChinese
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How to use chinaware in a sentence
He did travel to China and Australia while the story was unfolding.
In 1957, the islands came under repeated shelling by Mainland--or as it was then called, “Red”-- China.
The two islands are now tourist sites for visitors from Taiwan and mainland China.
At least 70 percent of the children were adopted from overseas, including Russia, China, Ethiopia and Ukraine.
The Communist Party of China gets a bad rap for cracking down on religion.
Distance, the uncertain light, and imagination, magnified it to a high wall; high as the wall of China.
I shipped for a voyage to Japan and China, and spent several more years trying to penetrate the forbidden fastnesses of Tibet.
No man opens his ware with greater seriousness, or challenges your judgment more in the operation.
The ships from China do not come, and it is with their merchandise that our ships must go to Nueva Spaña.
Black Sheep was sent to the drawing-room and charged into a solid tea-table laden with china.
British Dictionary definitions for chinaware
noun
articles made of china, esp those made for domestic use
(modifier) made of china
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