Definitions for Celadon

Celadon cel·a·don

Spelling: [sel-uh-don, -dn]
IPA: /ˈsɛl əˌdɒn, -dn/

Celadon is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 257 anagrams from letters in Celadon (acdelno).

Definitions for Celadon

noun

  1. any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
  2. any porcelain imitating these.
  3. a pale gray-green.

adjective

  1. having the color celadon.

Origin of Celadon

1760-70; named after Céladon, name of a character in L' Astrée, a tale by H. d'Urfé (1568-1625), French writer

Examples for Celadon

This is decorated with pomegranate fruits in peach-bloom; the leaves and stalks in rich blue; the whole on a celadon ground.

The well-known pale green celadon is the only one known to the trade by the name celadon.

The larger was celadon green; the smaller, off-white, was glowing, gleaming.

This is the celadon to which reference has already been made.

The word which was translated "blue" should have been translated "green," which brings us back again to celadon.

The more orthodox "laws of love" which celadon puts up in his "Temple of Astraea" are less amusing.

Notwithstanding this, the celadon surface was itself frequently decorated125 by designs in enamel colours outlined in black.

The "celadon and Amelia" is dingy, and poor in all respects.

celadon, poetical name for a languid swain, all sighs and longings.

They reproduce the finest colors of the celadon porcelain of Svres.

Word Value for Celadon
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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