delft

IPA: dˈɛɫft

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.]

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."