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terra alba

noun

1 terra alba

Finely pulverized gypsum used especially as a pigment.

2 terra alba

Fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather.

synonym: pipeclay.

3 terra alba

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).

synonyms: china clay, china stone, kaolin, kaoline, porcelain clay.

Dutch: kaolien, porseleinaarde
Polish: glinka kaolinowa, glinka porcelanowa, kaolin


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