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terra alba

DEFINITIONS OF: terra alba

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

Synonyms:
pipeclay
Type of:
clay
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired

n 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
Type of:
clay
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired

n finely pulverized gypsum used especially as a pigment

Type of:
gypsum
a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris)
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