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china clays

china clays is the plural of china clay.

Meaning of china clay

Noun

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 capitalized: China clays

China clays

  1. (plural) plural of China clay

Questions about china clays

What is china clays the plural of?
China clays is the plural of china clay.
What part of speech is china clays?
China clays is a noun.

Words near china clays in the dictionary

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

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