Definition of kaolin
: a fine usually white clay that is used in ceramics and refractories, as a filler or extender, and in medicine especially as an adsorbent in the treatment of diarrhea
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Its primary ingredients are shea butter, coconut oil, and kaolin clay.
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Once dry, the pattern is painted over by another artist, who uses paints made from red clay, black ash, or white kaolin, among other natural materials.
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To keep out air and water, the tomb builders encased her entire cypress wood sepulcher in a layer of charcoal and kaolin clay several feet thick.
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Origin and Etymology of kaolin
French kaolin, from Gaoling hill in China
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: a very pure white clay used in making porcelain
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kaolin
playMedical Definition of kaolin
: a fine usually white clay that is used in ceramics and refractories, as a filler or extender, and in medicine especially as an adsorbent in the treatment of diarrhea (as in food poisoning or dysentery)
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