chinas
CHY-nuhz/ˈt͡ʃaɪnəz/
- 1Plural of china.
The collector arranged her finest chinas behind glass for the exhibition.
The museum compares fine chinas from several European factories.
Note
A plural that appears only when china is being counted. As tableware, china is usually a mass noun, so chinas names separate types, patterns or wares rather than a stack of plates. The same spelling also serves the clipped names China roses and China teas, and the slang word for a mate. The plurals meaning Chinese people or pieces of cheyney cloth are obsolete and best avoided.
chinas is a form of china
china, noun: Plates, cups, bowls, and other tableware made of porcelain. Full entry
- Forms
- chinachinas plural
- Spelling
- china → chinas: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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