Antonyms for
porcelain
A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials
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No Antonyms Found for Porcelain

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All Definitions for Porcelain

Below are all the dictionary definitions of porcelain:

1A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials
2Also often (figurative) such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.
3Synonym of china: porcelain tableware.
4An object made of porcelain, (particularly) art objects or items of tableware.
5To coat with a porcelain enamel.
6A kind of pigeon with deep brown and off-white feathers.
7Synonym of kaolin: the kind of clay traditionally used in China to manufacture porcelain.
8Synonym of cowrie.
9Synonym of wampum: strings of shells, beads, etc. used as ornamentation or currency
10The composite shells, beads, etc.

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