English Explanatory Dictionary

petunse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Rock rich in feldspar and/or mica, mixed with kaolin to create hard-paste pottery.

Word forms

petunse petunses petuntse petuntze

Etymology

From French petunse, pe-tun-tse, from F.X. d'Entrecolles's 1712 irregular romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 白墩子 (“white lump”), formerly used to describe the bricks transported from Qimen, Anhui, to Jingdezhen, Jiangxi.

Synonyms

porcelain stone pottery stone
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