porcelain vs ware

porcelain

noun
  • 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  • A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as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. 

ware

noun
  • Pottery or metal goods. 

  • See wares. 

  • Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use. 

  • A style or genre of artifact. 

  • Crockery. 

adj
  • Aware. 

verb
  • To wear, or veer. 

  • Old eye dialect spelling of were. 

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