Glass
Glass noun - A smooth or polished surface that forms images by reflection.
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Porcelain and glass are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Porcelain" with "Glass", this nouns are similar.
Porcelain
Porcelain noun - Ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic.
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In Forbidden Planet, the Krell civilization is supposed to have been an example of this, with "cloud-piercing towers of glass and porcelain and adamantine steel".
Source: Crystal Spires and Togas - Glass and porcelain items both within the Hall and in its general vicinity shatter for no apparent reason, followed by a series of gunshots right outside the Hall.
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Crystal Spires and Togas: The Krell, before the destruction of their civilization, lived in "cloud-piercing towers of glass and porcelain and adamantine steel," and their culture had apparently all-but destroyed problems of prejudice and poverty.
Source: Film / Forbidden Planet
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