Associations to the word «Porcelain»

Wiktionary

PORCELAIN, noun. (usually uncountable) A hard, white, translucent ceramic that is made by firing kaolin and other materials; china.
PORCELAIN, noun. (usually countable) Anything manufactured from this material.
PORCELAIN BUS, noun. (slang) A toilet bowl.
PORCELAIN BUSES, noun. Plural of porcelain bus
PORCELAIN GOD, noun. (slang) (humorous) (colloquial) A commode; a toilet.
PORCELAIN SHELL, noun. A cowrie.
PORCELAIN SHELLS, noun. Plural of porcelain shell

Dictionary definition

PORCELAIN, noun. Ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats