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PIPECLAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pipeclay mean?
• PIPECLAY (noun)
The noun PIPECLAY has 1 sense:
1. fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather
Familiarity information: PIPECLAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
pipeclay; terra alba
Hypernyms ("pipeclay" is a kind of...):
clay (a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired)
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