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Porcelain vs. Enamel

Porcelain and Enamel Definitions

Porcelain

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

Enamel

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

Porcelain

An object made of this substance.

Enamel

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

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A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.
Tableware and toilets are both made of porcelain.

Enamel

A coating that dries to a hard glossy finish
Nail enamel.
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Porcelain

Syn of china: porcelain tableware.
He set the table with our porcelain and stemware.

Enamel

A paint that dries to a hard glossy finish.

Porcelain

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

Enamel

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

Porcelain

An object made of porcelain, (particularly) art objects or items of tableware.
The museum has an extensive collection of rare Chinese porcelains.

Enamel

To coat, inlay, or decorate with enamel.
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Porcelain

Syn of cowrie.

Enamel

To give a glossy or brilliant surface to.

Porcelain

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

Enamel

To adorn with a brightly colored surface.

Porcelain

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

Enamel

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

Purslain.

Enamel

A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.

Porcelain

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.
Porcelain, by being pure, is apt to break.

Enamel

The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.

Porcelain

Ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic

Enamel

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

Enamel

(transitive) To coat or decorate with enamel.

Enamel

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

Enamel

(transitive) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.
To enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth

Enamel

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

Enamel

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.

Enamel

A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.

Enamel

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

Enamel

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.

Enamel

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

Enamel

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

Enamel

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

Enamel

To variegate with colors as if with enamel.
Oft he [the serpent]bowedHis turret crest and sleek enameled neck.

Enamel

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

Enamel

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

Enamel

To practice the art of enameling.

Enamel

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

Enamel

Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth

Enamel

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

Enamel

A paint that dries to a hard glossy finish

Enamel

Any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze

Enamel

Coat, inlay, or surface with enamel

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