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BENTONITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bentonite" is a kind of...):
clay (a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired)
Derivation:
bentonitic (of or relating to or containing bentonite)