terra alba

Noun

Meaning

a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper)

fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather

finely pulverized gypsum used especially as a pigment

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Synonyms

kaolin pipeclay kaoline china clay porcelain clay china stone earth clay gypsum alabaster selenite plaster of Paris anhydrite calcium sulphate bassanite
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Hypernyms

clay gypsum

Close letter words and terms

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