Faience

/ˈfaɪ.əns/

Synonyms for "faience" (8 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
frit paste

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
maiolicasiliceous paste

Related words (4)

Noun(4 words)
tin glazetin-glazed potterytin-glazed warewhite glaze

Related word relations

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More general

7 entries
ceramic glazeceramic wareearthenwareglassy ceramicglazing"potterysilicate ceramic

More specific

6 entries
Egyptian faiencePersian faiencedelftwaremajolicaoverglazeunderglaze

Collocations

5 entries
Delftware faienceEgyptian faiencefaience waretin glazetin-glazed ware

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

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The smile, you see, is perfect—wonderful / As mere Faience! a table ornament / To suit the richest mounting.

Source: wiktionary

If she had wondered what Mrs. Burrage wished so particularly to talk about, she waited some time for the clearing-up of the mystery. During this interval she sat in a remarkably pretty boudoir, where there were flowers and faiences and little French pictures, and watched her hostess revolve round the subject in circles the vagueness of which she tried to dissimulate.

Source: wiktionary

The word Majolica, or Maiolica […] was applied to all Stanniferous faience of Italy and Spain.

Source: wiktionary

The white faience façade, the glazed Doultonware Carrera marble, was made locally. And being glazed, it was impervious to London's sooty atmosphere, enabling easier cleaning.

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