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Historically, this material is made with china clay, china stone, and bone ash.
—Kelsey Mulvey, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023
The 95-year-old Queen, the Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will attend the reception at the Eden Project, a famous visitor attraction located in a reclaimed china clay pit.
—Natasha Bertrand, CNN, 11 Aug. 2021
With the help of white china clay, this mask will also work to reduce the size of pores and control oil production.
—Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 June 2022
The other important minerals available in significant quantities are limestone, dolomite, manganese, mica, china clay, graphite, fire clay, coal bed methane, uranium, phosphorite, apatite, quartz, gold, feldspar and pyroxenite.
—Gurvinder Singh, Quartz India, 4 Oct. 2019
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First Known Use
1635, in the meaning defined above
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“China clay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/china%20clay. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
china clay
noun
: kaolin
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