chinaware

English

Alternative forms

• china-ware, china ware

Etymology

Alternative case form of Chinaware, China-ware, &c., from China +‎ -ware.

Noun

chinaware (countable and uncountable, plural chinawares)

1. Synonym of china: porcelain tableware.
   • 1881, George Ashdown Audsley, Keramic Art of Japan‎^[1], page 148:

     According to the Japanese writer, the two first-named mountains and hills, besides several other places up and down Hizen, is made Japanese porcelain or chinaware out of a whitish fat clay, which is found there in great plenty.

   • 1996, Rina De'firenze, Mystery of the Mona Lisa:

     So I turned my attention to setting up my new home, arranging the furniture and displaying Rita's sparkling glass and chinaware on the sideboard.

   • 2011, Caroline Frank, Objectifying China, Imagining America: Chinese Commodities in Early America‎^[2]:

     This book includes a systematic examination of chinawares in over a thousand documented estates from the seaport communities of Salem, Boston, Newport, New York, and Philadelphia from 1690 to 1770.

Derived terms

• china (as synonym of chinaware)