noun
Etymology: so called from its capacity to withstand the hard use typically met with in hotels
: a high-fired well-vitrified American ceramic ware approaching hard-paste porcelain in composition
noun
Etymology: so called from its capacity to withstand the hard use typically met with in hotels
: a high-fired well-vitrified American ceramic ware approaching hard-paste porcelain in composition
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012