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Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The plant Smilax china, a liana of much of eastern Asia.

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A plant or flower of the repeat-blooming Chinese rose species Rosa chinensis.

Definition: A plant or flower of one of the class of hybrids developed from Rosa chinensis.

Definition: Synonym of elderflower rose, Rosa cymosa.

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, native to east Asia.

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Chinaware: porcelain tableware.

Example: He set the table with china, cloth napkins, and crystal stemware.

Definition: Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.

Definition: Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.

Definition: Tea from China, varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.

Definition: (games) A glazed china marble.

Definition: A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences.

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell.

Definition: (by extension) Any gastropod of the genus Cypraea; its shell.

Definition: (by extension) Any gastropod of the family Cypraeidae; its shell.

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.

Example: John and I have been friends ever since we were roommates at college.   Trust is important between friends.   I used to find it hard to make friends when I was shy.

Definition: An associate who provides assistance.

Example: The Automobile Association is every motorist's friend.   The police is every law-abiding citizen's friend.

Definition: A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.

Example: a friend of a friend;  I added him as a friend on Facebook, but I hardly know him.

Definition: A person who backs or supports something.

Example: I’m not a friend of cheap wine.

Definition: An object or idea that can be used for good.

Example: Wiktionary is your friend.

Definition: (used only in the vocative) Used as a form of address when warning someone.

Example: You’d better watch it, friend.

Definition: A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.

Definition: A spring-loaded camming device.

Definition: A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend.

Definition: A relative, a relation by blood or marriage.

Example: Friends agree best at a distance.

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, paper-making, etc.

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: (usually uncountable) A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.

Example: Tableware and toilets are both made of porcelain.

Definition: (now usually plural) An object made of porcelain, art objects or items of tableware.

Example: The museum has an extensive collection of rare Chinese porcelains.

Definition: (often capitalized) A kind of pigeon with deep brown and off-white feathers.

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Small beads made from polished shells, especially white ones, formerly used as money and jewelry by certain Native American peoples.

Definition: A string of such beads.

Definition: Money.