Dictionary.com Thesaurus.com

deflocculant

American

[dee-flok-yuh-luhnt] / diˈflɒk jə lənt /

noun

Ceramics.

a chemical added to slip to increase fluidity.

Etymology

Origin of deflocculant

First recorded in 1925–30; defloccul(ate) + -ant

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.