Phrase guide

fuller's earth

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˌfʊləz ˈɜːθ/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A fine clay used in fulling cloth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: walker's earth

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an absorbent soil resembling clay; used in fulling (shrinking and thickening) woolen cloth and as an adsorbent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: soil, dirt

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: সর্জি (śorji) — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • Bengali: সর্জিকা (śorjika) — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • Bengali: ক্ষারমৃত্তিকা (kharomrittika) — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • Bulgarian: хума (huma) — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 漂白土 (piǎobáitǔ) — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • Egyptian: A-rw-k:t-mw-D26 (ꜣrwkt) — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • Finnish: kuohusavi — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • French: terre à foulon — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • French: argile smectique — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • German: Walkererde — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • German: Bleicherde — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • German: Fullererde — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • Hindi: मुल्तानी मिट्टी (multānī miṭṭī) — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • Irish: cré úcaire — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • Kazakh: фуллер топырағы (fuller topyrağy) — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • Latin: creta fullonia — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • Malayalam: മുൾട്ടാണി മിട്ടി (muḷṭṭāṇi miṭṭi) — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • Nepali: मुल्तानी माटो (multānī māṭo) — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • Polish: ziemia fulerska — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • Punjabi: ਮੁਲਤਾਨੀ ਮਿੱਟੀ (mulatānī miṭṭī) — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • Spanish: tierra de batán — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • Swedish: valklera — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • Swedish: blekjord — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • Ukrainian: відбі́лювальні гли́ни (vidbíljuvalʹni hlýny) — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • Urdu: ملتانی مِٹّی (multānī miṭṭī) — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • Welsh: clai pannwr, — A fine clay used in fulling cloth
  • Welsh: pridd pannwr — A fine clay used in fulling cloth