kaolin
or ka·o·line
a fine white clay used in the manufacture of porcelain.
Origin of kaolin
1Other words from kaolin
- ka·o·lin·ic, adjective
Words Nearby kaolin
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How to use kaolin in a sentence
The alkali species yield kaolin by alteration, and are thus the source of china-clay.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | VariousEstablished by M. Haffringue, in the 19th century, with the kaolin of Limoges.
The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods | William ChaffersTheir faces are painted black across the whole mid section and the chins are covered with white kaolin—a really startling effect.
The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi | Hattie Greene LockettThe kaolin is washed at the pit, and sent in this state to Sèvres, under the name of decanted earth.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThis sieve is shaken upon its support, in order to make it discharge the washed argillaceous kaolin.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure
British Dictionary definitions for kaolin
kaoline
/ (ˈkeɪəlɪn) /
a fine white clay used for the manufacture of hard-paste porcelain and bone china and in medicine as a poultice and gastrointestinal absorbent: Also called: china clay, china stone
Origin of kaolin
1Derived forms of kaolin
- kaolinic, adjective
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