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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SOFT PASTE

From paste1 (the mixture from which porcelain is made); so called because of its consistency.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SOFT PASTE

soft paste play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOFT PASTE

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Soft paste is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SOFT PASTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

soft paste

Soft-paste porcelain

Soft-paste porcelain is a type of a ceramic material, sometimes referred to simply as "soft paste". The term is used to describe soft porcelains such as bone china, Seger porcelain, vitreous porcelain, new Sèvres porcelain, Parian porcelain and soft feldspathic porcelain, and is also used more narrowly to describe clay bodies mixed with glass frit, used mainly in the production of decorative figures and domestic wares in 18th century Europe. The porcelain was termed "soft" because of their lower firing temperates compared with hard-paste porcelain.

Definition of soft paste in the English dictionary

The definition of soft paste in the dictionary is artificial porcelain made from clay, bone ash, etc.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SOFT PASTE

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Synonyms and antonyms of soft paste in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «soft paste» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOFT PASTE

Find out the translation of soft paste to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of soft paste from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «soft paste» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

软膏
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pasta blanda
570 millions of speakers

English

soft paste
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मुलायम पेस्ट
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

عجينة لينة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мягкая паста
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pasta macia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নরম পেস্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pâte molle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tampal lembut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

weiche Paste
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

軟磁器
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소프트 페이스트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tempel alus
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

mềm dán
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மென்மையான பேஸ்ட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मऊ पेस्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yumuşak hamur
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pasta morbida
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

miękka pasta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

м´яка паста
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pastă moale
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

μαλακή πάστα
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

sagte pasta
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

mjuk pasta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

myk pasta
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of soft paste

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOFT PASTE»

The term «soft paste» is regularly used and occupies the 103.847 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOFT PASTE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about soft paste

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOFT PASTE»

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Artificial soft paste porcelain: France, Italy, Spain and ...
Artificial Soft Paste, or Frit Porcelain, is commonly known as French porcelain ( vorcelaine Fran$aise) because it was first produced in France, and continued to be manufactured in that country for a longer period than elsewhere. Soft porcelain ...
Edwin Atlee Barber, 1907
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Artificial Soft Paste Porcelain: France, Italy, Spain and ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Edwin Atlee Barber, 2013
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Pottery and Porcelain of All Times and Nations
Porcelain is of two classes — Soft-paste and Hard-paste. Soft-paste porcelain is divided by M. Brongniart into two classes, Ts at- ural soft paste, and Artificial soft paste. This distinction is not generally observed, and all soft -paste porcelains are  ...
William Cowper Prime, 1879
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Antiques Roadshow Primer: The Introductory Guide to Antiques ...
Would-be porcelain makers experimented with a variety of materials and eventually created a mixture of clays and glass that produced, not true porcelain, but a rather soft, moderately translucent porcelaneous material called soft-paste.
Carol Prisant, 1999
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Eighteenth-century English Porcelain in the Collection of ...
With few exceptions, eighteenth-century English china belongs to a type known as soft-paste, or artificial porcelain. The earliest European soft-paste china identified today was manufactured in Florence during the late sixteenth century.
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Catherine Beth Lippert, 1987
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How It Works: Science and Technology
Soft-paste porcelain manufacturing spread along the overland trade routes from China through the Islamic empire until it reached Italy. The first successful European experiments in soft-paste porcelain took place in Florence using a white ...
Marshall Cavendish Corporation Staff, 2003
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The First Century of English Porcelain
We do not know of any soft-paste porcelain of Chinese or Japanese make, and in turning to Europe we find that with a few notable exceptions it has been rarely attempted, and those manufactories which produced it have either ceased to exist, ...
W. Moore Binns, 1906
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Level 2 Beauty Therapy
The main reason for product deterioration is continual over-heating. Types of treatment paste Soft paste Soft paste often needs no adjusting, especially if the weather or the practitioner's hands are warm. If the paste becomes wet and sticky , ...
Jane Hiscock, Frances Lovett, 2004
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The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art
(iv) Soft-pasteporcelains and bone-china. Among the most well-known attempts to imitate hard-paste porcelains are soft-paste porcelains, produced in Europe from a wide range of formulae. Soft-paste porcelain con- tains pale clays and a ...
Gerald W. R. Ward, 2008
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Old China
J.E. Blaoker. as to be able at once to say, " This is bard," " That is soft." At first, a file should be used on any piece of modern Chinese, German, or French china where it is free from glaze, and it The Difference. Early Chelsea— Soft Paste.
J.E. Blaoker, 1908

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOFT PASTE»

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Joe Rosson: Markings on porcelain urn not authentic but piece still …
They managed to produce a soft paste — or "frit" porcelain but never achieved Chinese style hard paste porcelain because they did not have the right raw ... «Knoxville News Sentinel, Jul 15»
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59 amazing things you can do with baking soda
Stir together to make a paste and rub it onto the stained area before throwing your .... Face mask: Create a soft paste with equal parts baking soda and water and ... «Business Insider, Apr 15»
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Endless uses of baking soda
Facial scrub: Once you've washed your face, apply a soft paste of three parts baking soda to one part water. Gently massage in a circular motion, avoiding the ... «Michigan State University Extension, Dec 13»
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Get Justin Theroux's GQ Cover Hair, From the Guy Who Styled It
(Priano used a paste from Rogue & Co on Theroux, which is only available in select salons, but says Magic Move Soft paste works just as well.) Starting at the ... «GQ Magazine, Oct 13»
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Cake Glossary
Buttercream: A smooth, creamy icing that stays soft so it's easy to cut through. ... life as a soft paste piped from a pastry bag to create latticework, beading, bows, ... «Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, May 10»

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