china
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology 1
After the country China.
[edit] Noun
china (plural chinas)
- (uncountable) The root of a climbing plant, Smilax china L., once believed to have important medicinal properties.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.5.1.v:
- China, saith Manardus, makes a good colour in the face, takes away melancholy, and all infirmities proceeding from cold [...].
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.5.1.v:
- (uncountable) Ceramic or porcelain
- (uncountable) Tableware made from china.
- (countable, music) A cymbal, flattened at the perimeter, about 16 to 20 inches (40 to 50 centimetres) across, that is ridden or crashed to produce a distinctive "trashy" sound.
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porcelain
cymbal
[edit] Etymology 2
From china plate
[edit] Noun
china (plural chinas)
- (Cockney rhyming slang, countable) Mate (i.e., friend).
- All right, me old china?
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Cockney rhyming slang: mate — see mate
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china
- third-person singular past historic of chiner
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china sg.
- feminine form of chino
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china f. (plural chine)
- slope, decline, descent
- cinchona (tree)
- Indian ink
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china
[edit] Spanish
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china f. (plural chinas)
- Pebble, small stone usually rounded (etymology not related with "china" demonym)
china f. (plural chinas, masculine singular chino, masculine plural chinos)
[edit] See also
- tinta china f.