delft

¹

[ delft ]

noun

1. earthenware having an opaque white glaze with an overglaze decoration, usually in blue.
2. any pottery resembling this.

Delft

²

[ delft ]

noun

1. a city in W Netherlands.

Delft

/ dɛlft /

noun

1. a town in the SW Netherlands, in South Holland province. Pop: 97 000 (2003 est)
2. Also calleddelftware tin-glazed earthenware made in Delft since the 17th century, typically having blue decoration on a white ground
3. a similar earthenware made in England

Word History and Origins

Origin of delft¹

First recorded in 1705–15; after Delft

Example Sentences

It’s a mind-bogglingly difficult metric, but such bean-counting is needed to hold the planet to a livable temperature, says low-carbon systems expert Andrea Ramirez Ramirez of the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.

From Science News

The first two papers from researchers at RIKEN in Japan and QuTech, a collaboration between Delft University of Technology and the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, use quantum dots for qubits.

From Singularity Hub 

“It is, of course, a success story,” says Chris Zevenbergen, an expert in urban flood-risk management at the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands and a visiting professor at China’s Southeast University.

From MIT Technology Review

Dedoussi works at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.

From Science News For Students

As a result, for complex calculations, “the output will be garbage,” says quantum physicist Barbara Terhal of the research center QuTech in Delft, Netherlands.

From Science News

Gerard ter Borch made headlines, while his rival in Delft was painting maids with earrings.

From The Daily Beast

When the captain came for the fare, I took out a handful of money, and said Delft, and also pointed to uncle George.

From Project Gutenberg

You will find it enriched with towels, dishes of delft ware, forks, and all the most necessary utensils.

From Project Gutenberg

Steve asked, coming to the door when she was beating cream into butter in a delft bowl.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a little trim delft-blue linen frock with a white piqué collar and a loose blue tie.

From Project Gutenberg

It was therefore on the tenth of April in the year 1583, that Grotius was born, at Delft.

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