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BLEACHING EARTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bleaching earth mean? 

BLEACHING EARTH (noun)
  The noun BLEACHING EARTH has 1 sense:

1. an adsorbent clay that will remove coloring from oilsplay

  Familiarity information: BLEACHING EARTH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLEACHING EARTH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An adsorbent clay that will remove coloring from oils

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

bleaching clay; bleaching earth

Hypernyms ("bleaching earth" is a kind of...):

clay; mud (water soaked soil; soft wet earth)


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