Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun terra_alba

3 senses of terra alba

Sense 1
terra alba -- (finely pulverized gypsum used especially as a pigment)
       => gypsum -- (a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris))

Sense 2
pipeclay, terra alba -- (fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather)
       => clay -- (a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired)

Sense 3
china clay, china stone, kaolin, kaoline, porcelain clay, terra alba -- (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))
       => clay -- (a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired)