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soft paste

noun

  1. any of a variety of artificial porcelains, usually incorporating glass or glass ingredients.


soft paste

noun

    1. artificial porcelain made from clay, bone ash, etc
    2. ( as modifier )

      softpaste porcelain

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of soft paste1

C19: from paste 1(in the sense: the mixture from which porcelain is made); so called because of its consistency
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Example Sentences

And it's a Lowestoft, too, the real thing—the genuine, true soft paste!

A manufactory of soft paste porcelain was founded at Bristol about 1750.

The porcelain was of soft paste, and in 1902 fragments of it and moulds were found on the site of the factory.

Moisten it with milk to a soft paste and half fill patty pans with the mixture.

After 1810 soft paste was used, and the mark then was New Hall, in a circle.

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