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PIPECLAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pipeclay mean? 

PIPECLAY (noun)
  The noun PIPECLAY has 1 sense:

1. fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leatherplay

  Familiarity information: PIPECLAY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PIPECLAY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

pipeclay; terra alba

Hypernyms ("pipeclay" is a kind of...):

clay (a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired)


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