Porcelain vs. Enamel

Porcelainnoun

A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as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

Porcelainnoun

: porcelain tableware.

Porcelainnoun

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

Porcelainnoun

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

Porcelainnoun

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Porcelainnoun

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

Porcelainnoun

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

Porcelainnoun

Purslain.

Porcelainnoun

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.

Porcelainnoun

ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic

Porcelain

Porcelain () is a ceramic material made by heating materials, generally including a material like kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between 1,200 and 1,400 °C (2,200 and 2,600 °F). The strength, and translucence of porcelain, relative to other types of pottery, arises mainly from vitrification and the formation of the mineral mullite within the body at these high temperatures.

Enamelnoun

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

Enamelnoun

A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.

Enamelnoun

The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.

Enamelnoun

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

Enamelverb

(transitive) To coat or decorate with enamel.

Enamelverb

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

Enamelverb

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

Enamelverb

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

Enamelnoun

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.

Enamelnoun

A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.

Enamelnoun

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

Enamelnoun

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.

Enamelnoun

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

Enamelnoun

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

Enamelverb

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

Enamelverb

To variegate with colors as if with enamel.

Enamelverb

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

Enamelverb

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

Enamelverb

To practice the art of enameling.

Enameladjective

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

Enamelnoun

hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth

Enamelnoun

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

Enamelnoun

a paint that dries to a hard glossy finish

Enamelnoun

any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze

Enamelverb

coat, inlay, or surface with enamel