zinc white

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   a white pigment used in house paints; consists of zinc oxide

   SynonymsChinese white

   Broaderpigment

Questions about zinc white

What does zinc white mean?

zinc white means "a white pigment used in house paints; consists of zinc oxide".

What is another word for zinc white?

Close synonyms include Chinese white. 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 zinc white a common word?

zinc white is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.