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FAIENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does faience mean?
• FAIENCE (noun)
The noun FAIENCE has 1 sense:
1. glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors
Familiarity information: FAIENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("faience" is a kind of...):
earthenware (ceramic ware made of porous clay fired at low heat)
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