noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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fine
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Dinner is served at a candlelit table decked out in fine linen and porcelain .
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She ripped her shirt from her jeans and her hands held Lucy's head like fine porcelain .
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I prefer artwork, although I specialise in fine china and porcelain .
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We have produced, over several centuries, some of the finest porcelain the world has ever seen.
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She was small, delicate, like a goddess made of the finest porcelain .
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Of note is the fine quality of porcelain and, of course, Bohemian cut glass.
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Jenny took the society through all the processes before and after firing at high temperatures fine porcelain clay.
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There are more than 500 works of art and furniture of all periods, including much fine porcelain .
white
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Black, spider-like chips have turned the white porcelain sink into mock Dalmation.
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She had put two straight-backed chairs at a kitchen table with a white porcelain top.
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She stole a white porcelain cup, edged with gold, which was standing on a table beneath the window.
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In wooden niches sat large jars of white and yellow porcelain , clearly labeled to indicate their contents.
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I held my breath and examined the exquisite little porcelain feathers and the pink and white porcelain crab-apple blossoms.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Firemen and villagers formed a chain to ferry furniture and porcelain to safety.
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Hand-painted porcelain plates and artistic presentations are visually charming here.
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I held my breath and examined the exquisite little porcelain feathers and the pink and white porcelain crab-apple blossoms.
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Instruments of torture feature somewhat incongruously alongside porcelain , glassware and fans owned by members of the imperial family.
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She had put two straight-backed chairs at a kitchen table with a white porcelain top.
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The porcelain industry, in which again much government money was sunk, was also a failure.
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The year was 1710, and Meissen porcelain is still being made to this day.