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soft paste
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soft paste also soft-paste (sôftpst, sft-)
n.
Any of various ceramics containing frit and refined clay.
soft paste
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics)
a.  artificial porcelain made from clay, bone ash, etc.
b.  (as modifier) softpaste porcelain
[from paste1 (in the sense: the mixture from which porcelain is made); so called because of its consistency]
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