porcelain clay

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porcelain clay

(Earth Sciences / Minerals) another name for kaolin

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porcelain clay - 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, kaolin, kaoline, 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

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