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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