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flow blue

flow blue noun: a style of white earthenware, sometimes porcelain, that originated in the Regency era among the Staffordshire potters of England.

flow blue: a style of white earthenware, sometimes porcelain, that originated in the Regency era among the...
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Noun

flow blue (uncountable)

  1. A style of white earthenware, sometimes porcelain, that originated in the Regency era among the Staffordshire potters of England.
    • Later she served the curried meal on an English blue and white flow-blue platter.2017, Lila Lee, The Lotus Blossom

Origin of flow blue

The name is derived from the blue glaze that blurred or "flowed" during the firing process.

Questions about flow blue

What does flow blue mean?
Flow blue means a style of white earthenware, sometimes porcelain, that originated in the Regency era among the Staffordshire potters of England.
What part of speech is flow blue?
Flow blue is a noun.

Words near flow blue in the dictionary

  1. flow art
  2. flow arts
  3. flow batteries
  4. flow battery
  5. flow bean
  6. flow blue
  7. flow cell
  8. flow cells
  9. flow chart
  10. flow charts
  11. flow control

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