Porcelain vs. Enamel

A hard, white, translucent ceramic made by firing a pure clay and then glazing it with variously colored fusible materials; china.

A vitreous, usually opaque, protective or decorative coating baked on metal, glass, or ceramic ware.

An object made of this substance.

An object having such a coating, as in a piece of cloisonné.

A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as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

A coating that dries to a hard glossy finish

Syn of china: porcelain tableware.

A paint that dries to a hard glossy finish.

Syn of kaolin: the kind of clay traditionally used in China to manufacture porcelain.

(Anatomy) The hard, calcareous substance covering the exposed portion of a tooth.

An object made of porcelain, (particularly) art objects or items of tableware.

To coat, inlay, or decorate with enamel.

Syn of cowrie.

To give a glossy or brilliant surface to.

Syn of wampum: strings of shells, beads, etc. used as ornamentation or currency; the composite shells, beads, etc.

To adorn with a brightly colored surface.

A kind of pigeon with deep brown and off-white feathers.

An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.

Purslain.

A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.

A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware, made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and America; - called also China, or China ware.

The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.

Ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic

A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.

(transitive) To coat or decorate with enamel.

(transitive) To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.

(transitive) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.

(transitive) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors.

A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.

That which is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated.

The intensely hard calcified tissue entering into the composition of teeth. It merely covers the exposed parts of the teeth of man, but in many animals is intermixed in various ways with the dentine and cement.

Any one of various preparations for giving a smooth, glossy surface like that of enamel.

A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.

To lay enamel upon; to decorate with enamel whether inlaid or painted.

To variegate with colors as if with enamel.

To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth.

To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

To practice the art of enameling.

Relating to the art of enameling; as, enamel painting.

Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth

A colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or protection

A paint that dries to a hard glossy finish

Any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze

Coat, inlay, or surface with enamel