kaolin

ka·o·lin also ka·o·line  (k-ln)

n.

A fine clay used in ceramics and refractories and as a filler or coating for paper and textiles.

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[French, from Chinese (Mandarin) Golng, a mountain of Jiangxi province.]

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kaolin

Noun

a fine white clay used in making porcelain and in some medicines [Kaoling, Chinese mountain where supplies for Europe were first obtained]

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Noun

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kaolin - 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) china clay, china stone, kaoline, porcelain clay, terra alba Kaopectate - trade name for a fixed-combination antidiarrheal drug that use kaolin as the adsorbent and pectin as the emollient art paper - a high-quality paper (usually having a filler of china clay) clay - a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired