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noun
A white earthy substance consisting of burnt gypsum and aluminium silicate (kaolin), or some similar ingredient, such as magnesia. It is sometimes used to adulterate certain foods, spices, candies, paints, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: china clay, china stone, kaolin, kaoline, porcelain clay
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Broader terms: clay
noun
fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pipeclay
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Broader terms: clay
noun
finely pulverized gypsum used especially as a pigment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: gypsum
History
Borrowed from Latin terra (“earth”) + alba (“white”), literally meaning "white earth". Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters-.
