delft
IPA: dˈɛɫft
noun
- A delf; a mine, quarry, pit or ditch.
- A city in South Holland, Netherlands known for its production of blue and white pottery.
- A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
- A piece of blue and white earthenware produced in Delft, Netherlands.
- Alternative form of Delft (“style of earthenware”) [A city in South Holland, Netherlands known for its production of blue and white pottery.]
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Examples of "delft" in Sentences
- The delft blue eyes looked back at him unblinkingly.
- The pine dresser against the wall still held a few cracked pieces of blue-and-white delft.
- Relief and gratitude blazed from her eyes, which were once again that beguiling delft blue.
- That shard of blue-and-white delft in her treasure box had come from somewhere along this coast.
- Her delft blue eyes took on a decidedly militant sparkle, and a flush—that curse of all redheads—heated her porcelain skin.
- Someone had stacked up dozens of conical limpet shells to form narrow, teetering towers on the shelves where delft once stood.
- The furniture was sparse—a dresser with delft, a rough kitchen table with chairs, the armchair she sat in, and the rocking chair in which Mrs. Prendergast rocked, a black-and-white cat purring companionably on her lap.
- Susan Dzivak—a girl that I'dworshippedwhen I was a boy, a blonde Slovak beauty, my delft-blue-eyed lover for one tick of time, grown up and unclothed in the soft, shadowed light, who whispered to me, "It's time you learned wisdom."
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