chinas
Delicate dining ware
Chinas is the plural of china, referring to pieces of fine porcelain or ceramic dinnerware: She collected antique chinas from estate sales.
The plural emphasizes distinct sets or types rather than individual pieces. (Capitalized China is the country.)
Hardened clay objects
- stonewareDense ceramic fired hot
- earthenwareLow-temperature fired pottery
- kaolinWhiteite mineral for pottery
- glazeThin lustrous coating
kiln · firing · vitrification · translucent · bisque · underglaze · cobalt blue · celadon
Easily broken or harmed
- breakableCapable of shattering
- brittleLiable to shatter
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
- shatterableAble to fragment
crackable · frangible · vulnerable · precarious · handle with care · bubble wrap · padding · careful
Valuable old items
- heirloomsObjects passed through family lines
- vintageQuality from past eras
- raritiesUncommon or scarce items
- WedgwoodBritish luxury ceramics brand
Limoges · Spode · mint condition · limited edition · figurines · tea sets · serving pieces · patterns
ceramics
Hardened clay objects
- stonewareDense ceramic fired hot
- earthenwareLow-temperature fired pottery
- kaolinWhiteite mineral for pottery
glaze · kiln · firing · vitrification · translucent · bisque · underglaze · cobalt blue · celadon · potter's wheel
delicate
Easily broken or harmed
shatterable · crackable · frangible · vulnerable · precarious · handle with care · bubble wrap · padding · careful · thin
antiques
Valuable old items
- heirloomsObjects passed through family lines
- vintageQuality from past eras
- raritiesUncommon or scarce items
Wedgwood · Limoges · Spode · mint condition · limited edition · figurines · tea sets · serving pieces · patterns · hallmarks
chinasstoneware
Dense ceramic fired hot
earthenware · crockery · pottery · terracotta · tin plates
chinaspaper plates
Single-use dining surfaces
disposables · plasticware · plastic cups · melamine · styrofoam
- Communist ChinaMarxist-Leninist Asian state
- fine chinaDelicate ceramic tableware
- bull in a china shopClumsy person causing damage
- made in ChinaProduced in the PRC
- East China SeaNorthwestern Pacific marginal body
- Great Wall of ChinaHistoric serpentine fortification