CHINESE WHITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chinese white mean? 

• CHINESE WHITE (noun)
  The noun CHINESE WHITE has 1 sense:

1. a white pigment used in house paints; consists of zinc oxide

  Familiarity information: CHINESE WHITE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHINESE WHITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A white pigment used in house paints; consists of zinc oxide

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

Chinese white; zinc white

Hypernyms ("Chinese white" is a kind of...):

pigment (dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.))

Meronyms (substance of "Chinese white"):

flowers of zinc; philosopher's wool; philosophers' wool; zinc oxide (oxide of zinc; a white powder used as a pigment or in cosmetics or glass or inks and in zinc ointment)