chinaware n 1: dishware made of high quality porcelain [syn: {chinaware}, {china}]
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]