porcelain enamel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of porcelain enamel
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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Her installation of porcelain enamel steel panels, which debuts at L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2022
Bar Keepers Friend is an extremely popular cookware cleaner that you can use on most pans — stainless steel, porcelain, enamel, copper, and more.
From Salon • Jan. 2, 2022
Why, Daedalus wondered, are the world’s cities bestrewed with graffiti even though scientists, years ago, had perfected the porcelain enamel surfaces that make self-cleaning ovens possible?
From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2017
His family also operated a porcelain enamel business in Olympia, specializing in long-lasting signs and monuments, among other products, with contracts for local companies as well as Disney.
From Washington Times • Apr. 24, 2016
Feldspar is used principally in the manufacture of pottery, china ware, porcelain, enamel ware, and enamel brick and tile.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)
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