Something overly artful or artificial.
A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
An object made of porcelain, (particularly) art objects or items of tableware.
Synonym of cowrie.
Synonym of china: porcelain tableware.
A kind of pigeon with deep brown and off-white feathers.
A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.