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DIATOMITE

Dictionary entry overview: What does diatomite mean?

• DIATOMITE (noun)
The noun DIATOMITE has 1 sense:

1. a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material

Familiarity information: DIATOMITE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DIATOMITE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

diatomaceous earth; diatomite; kieselguhr

Hypernyms ("diatomite" is a kind of...):

filter (device that removes something from whatever passes through it)

earth; ground (the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface)

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