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# porcelain

«porcelain» in Mova's school dictionary: **a hard, white, shiny material made by baking fine clay at…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (porcelain — uncountable); adjective (porcelain)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Porcelain is a hard, white, shiny material made by baking fine clay at very high heat; also called china. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porcelain/#m1)

2) Porcelain means things made of it, like cups, plates, dolls and vases. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porcelain/#m2)

3) Porcelain describes skin that is very pale and smooth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porcelain/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history, porcelain was invented in China, which is why it is called «china». In science, it is a ceramic: it does not conduct electricity, so it is used in insulators. In stories, a «porcelain doll» is delicate and easily broken.

### examples

- Gran keeps her porcelain teacups in a glass cabinet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porcelain/#x1)
- Porcelain was first made in China long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porcelain/#x2)
- The porcelain vase smashed on the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porcelain/#x3)
- The toilet and sink are made of porcelain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porcelain/#x4)
- She had a porcelain doll with painted cheeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porcelain/#x5)
- Hold it carefully — porcelain breaks easily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porcelain/#x6)
- The walls and floors of porcelain glittered in the light of a thousand lamps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porcelain/#x7)

### note

Uncountable as the material. Pronounced «POR-suh-lin». Porcelain is finer and harder than ordinary pottery (earthenware).

### In the corpora

- [In the 16th and 17th centuries Spanish silver from the Americas flowed into Ming China through Manila to buy silk and porcelain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «porcelain» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porcelain/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.