kaolin
1 synonym for kaolin, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A fine clay, high in kaolinite, used for example in pottery and paper-making.
Synonyms
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kaoline
Etymology
From French kaolin, François Xavier d'Entrecolles's irregular romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 高嶺土 /高岭土 (gāolǐngtǔ, “Gaoling earth”), from 高嶺 /高岭 (Gāolǐng, “High Ridge”), a village in Fuliang County, Jingdezhen Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, that became Jingdezhen's primary source of this...
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