chinaware

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
chinaware
    n 1: dishware made of high quality porcelain [syn: {chinaware},
         {china}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
China ware \China ware\, chinaware \chinaware\n.
   dishes made of china; porcelain; -- so called in the 17th
   century because brought from the far East, and differing from
   the pottery made in Europe at that time; also, loosely,
   crockery in general.
   [WordNet 1.5]
    

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