chinas

chinas is the plural of china.

Meaning of china

Noun

china (countable and uncountable, plural chinas)

(uncountable) Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now (chiefly US) sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china.
- It's a china doll.
Synonyms:

porcelain
(uncountable) Chinaware: porcelain tableware.
- They sell Callicoes, Cheney Sattin, Cheney ware.1634, Thomas Herbert, A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, page 41
(US, dated, uncountable) Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.
- What is porcelain? A fine earthenware differing from china in being harder, whiter, harder to fuse and more translucent than ordinary pottery.1921 May 11, “Edison Questions Stir Up a Storm”, in New York Times
(uncountable) Synonym of China root, the root of Smilax china (particularly) as a medicine.
- China, saith Manardus, makes a good colour in the face, takes away melancholy, and all infirmities proceeding from cold […].1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...
Synonyms:

China root
(obsolete, uncountable) Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.
- ...And then the last boon I'll implore,
  Is to bless us with China so tight...1790, Alexander Wilson, Poems, page 55
Synonyms:

cheyney
(countable) Synonym of China rose, in its various senses.
- Rosa indica (the common China); Rosa semperflorens (the monthly China).1844, Jane Loudon, The Ladies' Companion to the Flower Garden, 3rd edition, page 344
Synonyms:

China rose

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Proper noun capitalized: Chinas

Chinas

(plural) plural of China
- Kennedy said that he was opposed to recognition of Red China. He indicated, however, that strong arguments had been presented to him in favor of the so-called “two Chinas policy.” Under this policy, Nationalist China would retain its seat on the Security Council, and Red China would have only a...1962, Richard M. Nixon, Six Crises, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 408
- Even Chiang Kai-shek is opposed to the so-called two Chinas, and he is also opposed to the one China and an independent entity of Taiwan.1972, Seymour Topping, Journey Between Two Chinas, Harper & Row, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 399

Noun capitalized: Chinas

Chinas pl (plural only)

(historical, plural, plural-only) A people mentioned in ancient Indian literature from the first millennium BC and first millennium AD, such as the Mahabharata, Laws of Manu, and Puranic literature.

Origin of chinas

From Sanskrit चीनः (cīnaḥ).

Phrases with chinas

Questions about chinas

What does chinas mean?: Chinas means a people mentioned in ancient Indian literature from the first millennium BC and first millennium AD, such as the Mahabharata, Laws of Manu, and Puranic literature.
What is chinas the plural of?: Chinas is the plural of china.
What part of speech is chinas?: Chinas can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near chinas in the dictionary

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