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ball clay

ball clay noun: a type of clay that commonly consists of 20-80% kaolinite, 10-25% mica, and 6-65% quartz.

Noun

ball clay (usually uncountable, plural ball clays)

  1. (usually) A type of clay that commonly consists of 20-80% kaolinite, 10-25% mica, and 6-65% quartz.

ball clay meaning in Tamil and Kannada

ball clay in Tamil

பந்துக்களி, உருட்டுக் களிமண்

ball clay in Kannada

ನಯವಾದ ಬಿಳಿ ಜೇಡಿ ಮಣ್ಣು

Forms of ball clay

pluralball clays

Origin of ball clay

Clay of this kind found in Dorset and Devon, England, used to be cut into balls that weighed 30 pounds.

Questions about ball clay

What does ball clay mean?
Ball clay means a type of clay that commonly consists of 20-80% kaolinite, 10-25% mica, and 6-65% quartz.
What is ball clay in Tamil?
Ball clay in Tamil is பந்துக்களி, உருட்டுக் களிமண். See Ball clay meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ball clay?
Ball clay is a noun.
What is the plural of ball clay?
The plural of ball clay is ball clays.

Words near ball clay in the dictionary

  1. ball carries
  2. ball chain
  3. ball chains
  4. ball change
  5. ball changes
  6. ball clay
  7. ball clays
  8. ball clicker
  9. ball clickers
  10. ball club
  11. ball clubs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ball clay (page history and authors); ball clay (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ball clay (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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