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china doll

china doll noun: a type of doll made at least partly out of glazed porcelain.

Noun (1)

china doll (plural china dolls)

  1. A type of doll made at least partly out of glazed porcelain.

Noun (2) capitalized: China doll

China doll (plural China dolls)

  1. An Asian tree or shrub grown for its glossy foliage in warm climates and elsewhere as a container plant, Radermachera sinica.
  2. (offensive, slang) A stereotypically feminine and submissive young Asian woman.

Forms of china doll

pluralchina dolls
pluralChina dolls

Origin of china doll

Blend of China + china doll.

Questions about china doll

What does china doll mean?
China doll means a type of doll made at least partly out of glazed porcelain.
What part of speech is china doll?
China doll is a noun.
What is the plural of china doll?
The plural of china doll is china dolls.

Words near china doll in the dictionary

  1. China caps
  2. china clay
  3. china clays
  4. China cymbal
  5. China cymbals
  6. china doll
  7. china dolls
  8. China geese
  9. China girl
  10. China girls
  11. China goose

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Adapted from Wiktionary: china doll (page history and authors); China doll (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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