terra alba
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1. 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) (noun.substance)
hypernym | : | clay, |
definition | : | a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired (noun.substance) |
substance meronym | : | kaopectate, |
definition | : | trade name for a fixed-combination antidiarrheal drug that use kaolin as the adsorbent and pectin as the emollient (noun.artifact) |
domain member category | : | art paper, |
definition | : | a high-quality paper (usually having a filler of china clay) (noun.substance) |
2. fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather (noun.substance)
hypernym | : | clay, |
definition | : | a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired (noun.substance) |
3. finely pulverized gypsum used especially as a pigment (noun.substance)
hypernym | : | gypsum, |
definition | : | a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris) (noun.substance) |
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