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The plant Smilax china, a liana of much of eastern Asia.
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A plant or flower of the repeat-blooming Chinese rose species Rosa chinensis.
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A plant or flower of one of the class of hybrids developed from Rosa chinensis.
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Synonym of elderflower rose, Rosa cymosa.
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Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, native to east Asia.
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Chinaware: porcelain tableware.
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He set the table with china, cloth napkins, and crystal stemware.
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Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.
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Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.
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Tea from China, varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.
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(games) A glazed china marble.
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A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences.
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A small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell.
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(by extension) Any gastropod of the genus Cypraea; its shell.
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(by extension) Any gastropod of the family Cypraeidae; its shell.
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A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
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John and I have been friends ever since we were roommates at college. Trust is important between friends. I used to find it hard to make friends when I was shy.
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An associate who provides assistance.
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The Automobile Association is every motorist's friend. The police is every law-abiding citizen's friend.
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A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
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a friend of a friend; I added him as a friend on Facebook, but I hardly know him.
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A person who backs or supports something.
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I’m not a friend of cheap wine.
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An object or idea that can be used for good.
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Wiktionary is your friend.
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(used only in the vocative) Used as a form of address when warning someone.
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You’d better watch it, friend.
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A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.
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A spring-loaded camming device.
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A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend.
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A relative, a relation by blood or marriage.
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Friends agree best at a distance.
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A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, paper-making, etc.
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(usually uncountable) A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.
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Tableware and toilets are both made of porcelain.
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(now usually plural) An object made of porcelain, art objects or items of tableware.
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The museum has an extensive collection of rare Chinese porcelains.
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(often capitalized) A kind of pigeon with deep brown and off-white feathers.
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Small beads made from polished shells, especially white ones, formerly used as money and jewelry by certain Native American peoples.
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A string of such beads.
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Money.