chinaware

[ chahy-nuh-wair ]

/ ˈtʃaɪ nəˌwɛər /

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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

From Hard Times (1847): Surely there never was such fragile china-ware as that of which the millers of Coketown were made.
Charles Dickens Comments on the 47%|David Frum|September 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
May not this strange formation of natural brick and china-ware be of immense age—humanly, not geologically, speaking?
At Last|Charles Kingsley
I must cut dainty slices of thin bread-and-butter, use Sister's own china ware, and serve the whole spread on a tray with a cloth.
Observations of an Orderly|Ward Muir
He had with him several samples of the china-ware, which I think were equal to the Asiatic.
Pottery and Porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876|Charles Wyllys Elliott

Here is the key of the best parlour; go now, and wash carefully the fine china-ware.
The Bow of Orange Ribbon|Amelia E. Barr
Much china ware is made in Liverpool, which, to distinguish it from the real, is called liverpool china.
Lectures on Language|William S. Balch

British Dictionary definitions for chinaware

chinaware

/ (ˈtʃaɪnəˌwɛə) /

noun

articles made of china, esp those made for domestic use

(modifier) made of china

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