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ka•o•lin n.

Mineralogy, Ceramicsa fine white clay used in the manufacture of porcelain.

Also, ka′o•line.

Chinese (Wade-Giles) Kao¹ling³, (pinyin) Gāolǐng mountain in Jiangxi province that yielded the first kaolin sent to Europe (gāo high + lǐng hill)
French
1720–30

ka′o•lin′ic, adj.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

kaolin, kaoline /ˈkeɪəlɪn/ n

a fine white clay used for the manufacture of hard-paste porcelain and bone china and in medicine as a poultice and gastrointestinal absorbentAlso called: china clay

Etymology: 18th Century: from French, from Chinese Kaoling Chinese mountain where supplies for Europe were first obtained, from kao high + ling hillˌkaoˈlinic adj

'kaolin' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

china clay - hard paste - porcelain - poultice - terra alba - kaolinite - kaolinize - lithomarge

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