KAOLIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kaolin mean? 

• KAOLIN (noun)
  The noun KAOLIN has 1 sense:

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)

  Familiarity information: KAOLIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KAOLIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

china clay; china stone; kaolin; kaoline; porcelain clay; terra alba

Hypernyms ("kaolin" is a kind of...):

clay (a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired)

Domain member category:

art paper (a high-quality paper (usually having a filler of china clay))

Holonyms ("kaolin" is a substance of...):

Kaopectate (trade name for a fixed-combination antidiarrheal drug that use kaolin as the adsorbent and pectin as the emollient)

 Context examples 

Activation may be provided by contact with the glass tube or exposure to activators (e.g., ellagic acid, particulate silicates such as diatomaceous earth or kaolin) before addition of the calcium chloride.

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