HyperDic: terra_alba

English > 3 senses of the expression terra alba:
NOUNsubstanceterra albafinely pulverized gypsum used especially as a pigment
substanceterra alba, pipeclayfine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather
substanceterra alba, china clay, china stone, kaolin, kaoline, porcelain claya fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar)
English > terra alba: 3 senses > noun 1, substance
Meaningfinely pulverized gypsum used especially as a pigment.
BroadergypsumA common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters / plasters (especially plaster of Paris)
English > terra alba: 3 senses > noun 2, substance
Meaningfine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather.
Synonympipeclay
BroaderclayA very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
Spanishalbero
Catalanargila blanca
English > terra alba: 3 senses > noun 3, substance
MeaningA 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).
Synonymschina clay, china stone, kaolin, kaoline, porcelain clay
Category ofart paperA high-quality paper (usually having a filler of china clay)
BroaderclayA very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
Substance ofKaopectatetrade name for a fixed-combination antidiarrheal drug that use kaolin as the adsorbent and pectin as the emollient
Spanishcaolín
Catalancaolí

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