china clay

noun

: kaolin

Examples of china clay in a Sentence

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Jasper added the once-barren, 60-metre-deep china clay pits, where it is based originally had no nutrition, and no value for plants at all. Jamie Hailstone, Forbes.com, 5 Mar. 2026 That’s because, in the company’s demonstration system, at a china clay mine near the city of Plymouth, this mystery liquid can now slosh down angled pipes connecting an upper container to a lower container 80 meters below. Chris Baraniuk, Wired News, 18 Dec. 2025 Historically, this material is made with china clay, china stone, and bone ash. Kelsey Mulvey, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023 With the help of white china clay, this mask will also work to reduce the size of pores and control oil production. Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 June 2022 The other important minerals available in significant quantities are limestone, dolomite, manganese, mica, china clay, graphite, fire clay, coal bed methane, uranium, phosphorite, apatite, quartz, gold, feldspar and pyroxenite. Gurvinder Singh, Quartz India, 4 Oct. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1635, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of china clay was in 1635

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“China clay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/china%20clay. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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china clay

noun
: kaolin

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