Home › Words › D › delftdelft/ˈdɛlft/delft means A city in South Holland, Netherlands known for its production of blue and white pottery.delft is pronounced /ˈdɛlft/.EtymologyBorrowed from Dutch Delft. Piecewise doublet of delved.nameA city in South Holland, Netherlands known for its production of blue and white pottery.A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.nounBlue and white earthenware produced in Delft, Netherlands.e.g.“Here and there was an Italian cabinet surmounted with Delft, and here and there a bas-relief.” — 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 39”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:A delf; a mine, quarry, pit or ditch.e.g.“The delfts would be so flown with waters, that no gins or machines could […] keep them dry.” — 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.delftware 88% match — Dutch tin-glazed earthenware made in Delft, Holland, especially white pottery decorated under the glaze with a blue pigment. vs delft →whiteware 59% match — Any pottery of a white or nearly white colour. vs delft →dresdenware 58% match — A kind of decorated porcelain made near Dresden in Germany. vs delft →jasperware 56% match — A form of pottery that has a stoneware body which is either white or colored, which is noted for its matte finish. It is a popular blue-and-white ware, but it comes in many other colors. vs delft →creamware 55% match — Cream-coloured earthenware produced chiefly from 1750 to 1820 by the potters of Staffordshire, England vs delft →ceramicware 54% match — Ceramic items. vs delft →dresden 54% match — A variety of china, originally manufactured in the city, but manufactured in Meissen from the 18th century. vs delft →delf 53% match — Diplôme d'étude de langue française, a French-language qualification. vs delft →