soft paste


noun
  1. any of a variety of artificial porcelains, usually incorporating glass or glass ingredients.

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soft paste

noun
    • artificial porcelain made from clay, bone ash, etc

    • (as modifier): softpaste porcelain

Origin of soft paste

1
C19: from paste 1 (in the sense: the mixture from which porcelain is made); so called because of its consistency

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