faience

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun faience has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

faiencen. [F., fr. Faenza, a town in Italy, the original place of manufacture.].
     Glazed earthenware; esp., a fine variety that which is decorated with colorful designs in an opaque glaze.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

faience, n. decorated and glazed earthenware and porcelain, e.g. delft or majolica.

Etymology
F fa{iuml}ence f. Faenza in Italy

ROGET THESAURUS

faience

Sculpture

N sculpture, insculpture, carving, statuary, high relief, low relief, bas relief, relief, relieve, bassorilievo, altorilievo, mezzorilievo, intaglio, anaglyph, medal, medallion, cameo, marble, bronze, terra cotta, papier-mache, ceramic ware, pottery, porcelain, china, earthenware, cloisonne, enamel, faience, Laocoon, satsuma, statue, cast, glyptotheca, sculptured, v, in relief, anaglyptic, ceroplastic, ceramic, parian, marble, xanthian.


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