as in potteries
a ceramic ware made from a hard, white substance that is very delicate
The family only used their porcelain for their formal Christmas dinner.
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The plates section in the monograph emphasizes this in beautiful, resonant pairings chosen by Steven Rose.—
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Restaurants do the same with ads showing happy people enjoying impressively put together plates of food.—
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“Porcelains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porcelains. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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