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pipeclay

pipeclay noun: catlinite.

Noun

pipeclay (countable and uncountable, plural pipeclays)

  1. Catlinite
    Synonyms:
    pipestone

Verb

pipeclay (third-person singular simple present pipeclays, present participle pipeclaying, simple past and past participle pipeclayed)

  1. (transitive) To whiten by application of pipeclay.
    • I sat up on the coping of the bridge admiring my frail canvas shoes which I had diligently pipeclayed overnight and watching the docile horses pulling a tramload of business people up the hill.1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “An Encounter”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 24
    • The walls were lined with paper-bark, pipe-clayed and panelled with polished bloodwood.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VII, in Capricornia, page 92
  2. (UK, dated, slang, transitive) To clear off.
    • to pipeclay accounts

Proper noun capitalized: Pipeclay

Pipeclay

  1. A locality in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

pipeclay meaning in Bengali

pipeclay in Bengali

মিটিয়ে ফেলা

Synonyms of pipeclay

Forms of pipeclay

Noun
pluralpipeclays
Verb
third-person singular presentpipeclays
present participlepipeclaying
past participlepipeclayed
pastpipeclayed

Origin of pipeclay

From pipe + clay.

Questions about pipeclay

What does pipeclay mean?
Pipeclay means catlinite.
What is pipeclay in Bengali?
Pipeclay in Bengali is মিটিয়ে ফেলা. See Pipeclay meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is pipeclay?
Pipeclay can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
What is the plural of pipeclay?
The plural of pipeclay is pipeclays.

Words near pipeclay in the dictionary

  1. pipeborne
  2. pipebursting
  3. pipebuzone
  4. pipecase
  5. pipecases
  6. pipeclay
  7. pipeclayed
  8. pipeclaying
  9. pipeclays
  10. pipecolate
  11. pipecolates

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