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DIATOMITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does diatomite mean?
• DIATOMITE (noun)
The noun DIATOMITE has 1 sense:
1. a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material
Familiarity information: DIATOMITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
diatomaceous earth; diatomite; kieselguhr
Hypernyms ("diatomite" is a kind of...):
filter (device that removes something from whatever passes through it)
earth; ground (the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface)
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