china closet

china closet
a cabinet or cupboard for storing or exhibiting chinaware.
Also, china cabinet.
[1765-75]

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • china closet — noun a cabinet (usually with glass doors) for storing and displaying china • Syn: ↑china cabinet • Hypernyms: ↑cabinet * * * noun also china cabinet Etymology: china ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • china closet — noun Date: 1771 a cabinet or cupboard for the storage or display of household china …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • china closet — cabinet with glass doors used for displaying or storing chinaware …   English contemporary dictionary

  • china cabinet — noun a cabinet (usually with glass doors) for storing and displaying china • Syn: ↑china closet • Hypernyms: ↑cabinet * * * noun see china closet …   Useful english dictionary

  • china press — noun Etymology: china (I) : china closet …   Useful english dictionary

  • closet — n. cupboard 1) a china; clothes; linen; walk in closet toilet (esp. BE) 2) a water closet misc. 3) to come out of the closet ( to come out into the open about smt. ) * * * [ klɒzɪt] clothes linen walk in closet …   Combinatory dictionary

  • closet — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French closett, diminutive of clos enclosure more at close Date: 14th century 1. a. an apartment or small room for privacy b. a monarch s or official s private chamber 2. a cabinet or recess for… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Homosexuality in China — Young men sipping tea and having sex. Individual panel from a hand scroll on homosexual themes, paint on silk; China, Qing Dynasty (eighteenth to nineteenth centuries); Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, Indiana, United States Homosexuality in China… …   Wikipedia

  • Water Closet — Toilette Pour les articles homonymes, voir Toilette (homonymie). Toilettes à chasse d eau avec siège, en Europe …   Wikipédia en Français

  • The Closet (2007 film) — Infobox Film name = The Closet director = Kin Nam Cho producer = starring = Francis Ng Yang Chihfei Michelle Ye Eddie Cheung distributor = released = flagicon|China March 8, 2007 runtime = language = amg id = imdb id = : For the 2001 French film …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”