- frit porcelain
- frit porcelain nounAn artificial soft-paste English porcelain (from its vitreous nature)• • •Main Entry: ↑frit
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frit — /frit/, n., v., fritted, fritting. n. 1. Ceram. a. a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels. b. the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made. 2. fused or calcined material prepared as part of the… … Universalium
Frit — A frit (sometimes spelled fritt) is a ground glass or glaze used in pottery. Some materials have to be fritted before they can be used because they are soluble or toxic. For example, some lead compounds are toxic, and borax, used in glaze as a… … Wikipedia
Porcelain — Fine China redirects here. For the band, see Fine China (band). This article is about the ceramic material. For other uses, see Porcelain (disambiguation). Chinese moon flask, 1723 35, Qing Dynasty … Wikipedia
frit — 1. The material from which the glaze for artificial teeth is made. 2. A powdered pigment material used in coloring the porcelain of artificial teeth. [Fr. f., fried] * * * (frit) a fused mass produced by firing a mixture of quartz, kaolin,… … Medical dictionary
frit — /frɪt/ (say frit) noun 1. a. a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels. b. the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made. 2. the material from which the glazed portion of artificial teeth is made. 3 …
frit — frɪt n. calcined or partially fused matters used in making glass; substance resembling glass used in making porcelain or glazes v. make into frit; prepare by heat (substances for making glass) … English contemporary dictionary
frit — noun a mixture of silica and fluxes which is fused at high temperature to make glass. ↘a similar calcined and pulverized mixture used to make soft paste porcelain or ceramic glazes. verb (frits, fritting, fritted) make into frit. Origin C17: from … English new terms dictionary
frit — n. & v. n. 1 a calcined mixture of sand and fluxes as material for glass making. 2 a vitreous composition from which soft porcelain, enamel, etc., are made. v.tr. (fritted, fritting) make into frit, partially fuse, calcine. Etymology: It. fritta… … Useful english dictionary
Soft-paste porcelain — url= http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/38638 popup.html title= Porcelain plate work=Ceramics accessdate= 2007 12 06] Victoria and Albert Museum, London] Soft paste porcelain is a type of a ceramic material, but it lacks a more specific,… … Wikipedia
Meissen porcelain — Meisen hard porcelain vase, circa 1730. Indianische Blume ( Flowers of the Indies ) in imitation of the Kakiemon style of Arita porcelain, Japan. Meissen porcelain or Meissen china is the first European hard paste porcelain that was developed… … Wikipedia
