TALC (talcked, talcking)

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Irregular inflected forms: talcked    , talcking   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does talc mean? 

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

1. a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder

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

• TALC (verb)
  The verb TALC has 1 sense:

1. apply talcum powder to (one's body)

  Familiarity information: TALC used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TALC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

talc; talcum

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

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "talc"):

soap-rock; soaprock; soapstone; steatite (a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments)

French chalk (a soft white compact talc used to mark cloth or to remove grease stains)

rensselaerite (a kind of soft talc; sometimes used as wood filler)

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

talcum; talcum powder (a toilet powder made of purified talc and usually scented; absorbs excess moisture)

Derivation:

talc (apply talcum powder to (one's body))

• TALC (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they talc    ... he / she / it talcs   
Past simple: talced    / talcked   
Past participle: talced    / talcked   
-ing form: talcing    / talcking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Apply talcum powder to (one's body)

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "talc" is one way to...):

powder (apply powder to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

talc (a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder)

 Context examples 

The poison still remained upon the talc had they the wit to find it.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The mix of minerals identified from the spectrometer data, including serpentine, talc and carbonate, and the shape and texture of the thick bedrock layers, led to identifying possible seafloor hydrothermal deposits.

(Mars Study Yields Clues to Possible Cradle of Life, NASA)

The obvious place to look was the talc shelf or smoke-guard of the lamp.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He carefully scrutinised with his lens the talc shield which covered the top of the chimney and scraped off some ashes which adhered to its upper surface, putting some of them into an envelope, which he placed in his pocketbook.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)