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pseudochina

pseudochina noun: a material that resembles, and serves as a substitute for, china.

Noun

pseudochina (uncountable)

  1. A material that resembles, and serves as a substitute for, china.
    • Hard plastic sets of pseudochina come in lovely patterns, and although unbreakable, feel much like real china.1975, Emily Post, Elizabeth L. Post, The New Emily Post's Etiquette, page 356
    • More important, pure white Pyroceram resembled one of the household's most treasured materials: fine porcelain. Waterman advocated molding this miraculous stuff into cookware and promoting the pseudochina with all the fanfare that a top-notch advertising agency offered.2020, Regina Lee Blaszczyk, Imagining Consumers

Origin of pseudochina

From pseudo- + china.

Questions about pseudochina

What does pseudochina mean?
Pseudochina means a material that resembles, and serves as a substitute for, china.
What part of speech is pseudochina?
Pseudochina is a noun.

Words near pseudochina in the dictionary

  1. pseudocharitable
  2. pseudocheirid
  3. pseudocheirids
  4. pseudochemical
  5. pseudochemotaxis
  6. pseudochina
  7. pseudoChinese
  8. pseudochiral
  9. pseudochiralities
  10. pseudochirality
  11. pseudochitin

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