noun. A fine-grained white, greenish, or gray mineral, Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂, having a soft soapy feel and used in talcum and face powder, as a paper coating, and as a filler for paint and plastics.

transitive verb. To apply this substance to (a photographic plate, for example).

To treat, or rub with talc: as, in photography, to talc a plate to which it is desired to prevent the adherence of a film.

noun. A magnesian silicate, usually consisting of broad, flat, smooth laminæ or plates, unctuous to the touch, of a shining luster, translucent, and often transparent when in very thin plates.

noun. A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular variety.

noun. an impure, slaty talc, with a nearly compact texture, and greater hardness than common talc; -- called also talc slate.

noun. A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses.

verb. To apply talc

noun. a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder

verb. apply talcum powder to (one's body)

"You refer to brown, blue and white asbestos, as well as talc, and refer approvingly of Christopher Booker�s assertion that white asbestos is �is to all intents and purposes indistinguishable from talc� because they are both hydrated magnesium silicates with very similar formulae."

oil of talc  

talcum  

powder  

soapstone  steatite  

alum  anhydrite  bentonite  beryl  chalcedony  

talcked  talcking  

talcked  talcking  talcs