- white clay that is baked and used for making cups, plates, etc.
- a china vase
- fine bone china tableware
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fine
- bone
- be made of
- cup
- dish
- doll
- …
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- cups, plates, etc. that are made of china
- She got out the best china.
Extra Examples- The china cabinet was filled with expensive dishes.
- She had already chosen the china pattern and table linen for their new house.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- best
- broken
- cracked
- …
- set
- cabinet
- pattern
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as an adjective): from Persian chīnī ‘relating to China’, where it was originally made.
Idioms
See china in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarya bull in a china shop
- a person who is careless, or who moves or acts in a rough way, in a place or situation where skill and care are needed
- You’re not going to go storming in there like a bull in a china shop, are you?
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