HyperDic: philosophers[_wool

English > 1 sense of the expression philosophers' wool:
NOUNsubstancephilosophers' wool, zinc oxide, flowers of zinc, philosopher's wooloxide of zinc
English > philosophers' wool: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaningoxide of zinc; a white powder used as a pigment or in cosmetics or glass or inks and in zinc ointment.
Synonymszinc oxide, flowers of zinc, philosopher's wool
BroaderoxideAny compound of oxygen with another element or a radical
Substance ofzinc white, Chinese whiteA white pigment used in house paints
Spanishóxido de cinc, óxido de zinc
Catalanòxid de zinc

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