FULLER'S EARTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fuller's earth mean? 

• FULLER'S EARTH (noun)
  The noun FULLER'S EARTH has 1 sense:

1. an absorbent soil resembling clay; used in fulling (shrinking and thickening) woolen cloth and as an adsorbent

  Familiarity information: FULLER'S EARTH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FULLER'S EARTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An absorbent soil resembling clay; used in fulling (shrinking and thickening) woolen cloth and as an adsorbent

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("fuller's earth" is a kind of...):

dirt; soil (the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock)