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barbotine

barbotine noun: a soft clay used for moulding or decorating pottery.

Noun

barbotine (countable and uncountable, plural barbotines)

  1. A soft clay used for moulding or decorating pottery
    • Mélange d'argille, de marnes et de sable delayé dans de l'eau, tourné, moulé, ou coulé. Clay mixture of marl and sand thinned in water, turned, moulded, or cast.
      Pâte liquéfiée utilisée pour le coulage en moule ou le collage des pièces entre elles. Thin paste used for casting in moulds or gluing...1991, Maryse Bottero, Barbotines de la Cote d’Azur, Glossary

Forms of barbotine

pluralbarbotines

Origin of barbotine

From French barbotine.

Questions about barbotine

What does barbotine mean?
Barbotine means a soft clay used for moulding or decorating pottery.
What part of speech is barbotine?
Barbotine is a noun.
What is the plural of barbotine?
The plural of barbotine is barbotines.

Words near barbotine in the dictionary

  1. Barbos
  2. Barbosa
  3. barbosalite
  4. barbotage
  5. barbotages
  6. barbotine
  7. barbotines
  8. barbotte
  9. Barbour
  10. Barbour County
  11. barbourin

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