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china clay

china clay noun: synonym of kaolin.

Noun (1)

china clay (countable and uncountable, plural china clays)

  1. Synonym of kaolin.
    • Particularly engaging management's attention is the expanding market for china clay, which is mined in a sector of the Cornwall peninsula between St Austell in the south and Newquay in the north.1964 July, G. Freeman Allen, “The Traffic Divisions of British Railways–2: Plymouth—test-bed for road-rail co-ordination: Part Two”, in Modern Railways, page 29
    Synonyms:
    kaolin

Noun (2) capitalized: China clay

China clay (countable and uncountable, plural China clays)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of china clay.

Synonyms of china clay

Forms of china clay

pluralchina clays
pluralChina clays

Origin of china clay

From its chief original use in Jingdezhen, China.

Questions about china clay

What does china clay mean?
China clay means synonym of kaolin.
What part of speech is china clay?
China clay is a noun.
What is the plural of china clay?
The plural of china clay is china clays.

Words near china clay in the dictionary

  1. China bugs
  2. china cabinet
  3. china cabinets
  4. China cap
  5. China caps
  6. china clay
  7. china clays
  8. China cymbal
  9. China cymbals
  10. china doll
  11. china dolls

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