porcelain

A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.

[usually plural] An object made of porcelain, (particularly) art objects or items of tableware.

Synonym of china: porcelain tableware.

The set of Git commands, such as `git commit` or `git checkout`, which control the high-level state of the repository, each typically combining the behaviour of multiple plumbing commands.

A kind of pigeon with deep brown and off-white feathers.

(rare) Synonym of cowrie.

(no longer used) Synonym of kaolin: the kind of clay traditionally used in China to manufacture porcelain.

(no longer used, historical) Synonym of wampum: strings of shells, beads, etc. used as ornamentation or currency; the composite shells, beads, etc.

To coat with a porcelain enamel.