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BONE CHINA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bone china mean?
• BONE CHINA (noun)
The noun BONE CHINA has 1 sense:
1. fine porcelain that contains bone ash
Familiarity information: BONE CHINA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fine porcelain that contains bone ash
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bone china" is a kind of...):
china (high quality porcelain originally made only in China)
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