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Meanings of kaoline in English

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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)

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Examples for "kaolin"
Examples for "kaolin"
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The quartz of Civita Vecchia will give us kaolin for porcelain.
The Roman Question
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When woven they are given a coating of wet kaolin, which adds to their whiteness.
The Grand Canyon of Arizona: How to See It
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Around the spring a curious conical mound of white finely powdered matter resembling kaolin had formed.
Across Unknown South America
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The man was studying his thin kaolin pipe.
Stonewielder
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She's a local shaman masked in white kaolin with long floor-length dreadlocks full of cowrie shells.
The Irish Times
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Now, the clay is easily penetrable, and the original hole probably pierced a bed of china clay.
The Lair of the White Worm
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South-eastern China was also the chief centre of porcelain production, although china clay is found also in North China.
A History of China
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If it seems different than the rest of Cornwall, that's because it's entirely man-made, a result of china clay mining.
BBC
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Nearby in a disused china clay pit, they were moving tonnes of earth around, there was mud and deep puddles everywhere.
The Guardian
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As a real plane makes its final approach into Newquay airport you fly over all the china clay pits around St Austell.
The Guardian
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The proposed China Stone mine site is the closest to Adani's planned mine in the coal-rich Galilee basin.
News.com.au
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Real china ones are made of porcelain clay, and baked like chinaware or other pottery.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882
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Gold, porcelain clay, silver, copper, and petroleum are mined.
Commercial Geography / A Book for High Schools, Commercial Cours...
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This is the porcelain clay of human kind.
Familiar Quotations
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Kaolin, porcelain clay, and coarser clay, abound; but it is only at Belleek that it has been employed in the pottery manufacture.
Men of Invention and Industry
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With a love of using text, she extracts short emotive, 'poetic' captions and excerpts from the forums, which she has stamped into porcelain clay.
Radio NZ
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