noun.
A fine clay used in ceramics and refractories, as a filler or coating for paper and textiles, as an additive in food and toothpaste, and as an antidiarrheal drug.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A fine variety of clay, resulting from the decomposition of feldspar.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A very pure white clay, ordinarily in the form of an impalpable powder, and used to form the paste of porcelain; China clay; porcelain clay. It is chiefly derived from the decomposition of common feldspar.
noun.
A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, paper-making, etc.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper)
Word Usage
"Aluminum silicate Also called kaolin, this clay mineral was the "kao" in antidiarrheal Kaopectate until 1989."