China

/tʃʌɪnə/

Other words from china's letters

noun

  1. The plant Smilax china, a liana of much of eastern Asia.

Synonyms: china

noun

  1. A plant or flower of the repeat-blooming Chinese rose species Rosa chinensis.
  2. A plant or flower of one of the class of hybrids developed from Rosa chinensis.
  3. Synonym of elderflower rose, Rosa cymosa.

Synonyms: china

noun

  1. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, native to east Asia.

Synonyms: China rose

noun

  1. Chinaware: porcelain tableware.
  2. Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.
  3. Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.
  4. Tea from China, varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.
  5. (games) A glazed china marble.
  6. A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences.

noun

  1. A small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell.
  2. (by extension) Any gastropod of the genus Cypraea; its shell.
  3. (by extension) Any gastropod of the family Cypraeidae; its shell.

Synonyms: money cowrie, wampum

noun

  1. A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
  2. An associate who provides assistance.
  3. A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
  4. A person who backs or supports something.
  5. An object or idea that can be used for good.
  6. (used only in the vocative) Used as a form of address when warning someone.
  7. A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.
  8. A spring-loaded camming device.
  9. A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend.
  10. A relative, a relation by blood or marriage.

Synonyms: buddy, buster, mate, pal, sonny, admirer, booster, champion, protagonist, supporter, ally, acquaintance, contact

noun

  1. A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, paper-making, etc.

Synonyms: E559, anti-caking agent, china clay, paper clay

noun

  1. (usually uncountable) A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.
  2. (now usually plural) An object made of porcelain, art objects or items of tableware.
  3. (often capitalized) A kind of pigeon with deep brown and off-white feathers.

Synonyms: china, chinaware

noun

  1. Small beads made from polished shells, especially white ones, formerly used as money and jewelry by certain Native American peoples.
  2. A string of such beads.
  3. Money.

Synonyms: peag, porcelain, seawan

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