kaoline

Questions about kaoline

What does kaoline mean?

kaoline means "a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper)".

How many syllables are in kaoline?

kaoline has 2 syllables and divides as kao-line under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for kaoline?

Close synonyms include china clay, china stone, kaolin, porcelain clay, terra alba. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kaoline a common word?

kaoline is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.