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English noun: terra alba | |||
| 1. | terra alba (substance) finely pulverized gypsum used especially as a pigment | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | gypsum | ||
| 2. | terra alba (substance) fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather | ||
| Synonyms | pipeclay | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | clay | ||
| 3. | terra alba (substance) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | clay | ||
| Substance meronym | Kaopectate | ||
| Domain category members | art paper | ||
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