KIESELGUHR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kieselguhr mean? 

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

1. a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• KIESELGUHR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

diatomaceous earth; diatomite; kieselguhr

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

filter (device that removes something from whatever passes through it)

earth; ground (the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface)