porcelain
noun
a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
porcelains
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pluralof porcelain.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In a clever piece of installation design, shelves built around the screen bring the painting’s illusions to life, displaying real bronzes, porcelains, texts and scholarly objects from Lee’s collection—modern curation fulfilling classical cultural capital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
“I’m not going to lie to you, it will never seem normal,” Bush says as she walks Obama past the porcelains and paintings in the Center Hall.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2022
The latter piece, titled “The Barmecide Feast,” is well built — down to the corny Late Empire porcelains employed as backdrop on the luminous white set.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2017
The result, now at Craig F. Starr Gallery, has the potential to be daintily charming, like a display of dollhouse porcelains.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2016
More or less independent later experiments in France and England led to Sevres, Wedgwood, and Spode porcelains.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
