HyperDic: fuller[s_earth

English > 1 sense of the expression *fuller's earth*:
NOUN	substance	fuller's earth	an absorbent soil resembling clay

English > *fuller's earth*: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaning	An absorbent soil resembling clay; used in fulling (shrinking and thickening) woolen cloth and as an adsorbent.
Broader	soil, dirt	The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
Spanish	creta, greda, tierra de batán
Catalan	creta, esmectita, greda, terra de batan, terra de paraire