zinc white

zinc white
noun
a white pigment used in house paints; consists of zinc oxide
• Syn: ↑Chinese white
• Hypernyms: ↑pigment
• Substance Meronyms: ↑zinc oxide, ↑flowers of zinc, ↑philosopher's wool, ↑philosophers' wool

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noun
: zinc oxide that is used as a white pigment (as in house paints, antifouling paints, water colors, enamels, and glazes), that is the whitest of all pigments, and that is permanent and not poisonous but lacks the opacity and covering power of white lead or titanium dioxide

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zinc white noun
Zinc oxide used as a pigment
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Main Entry: ↑zinc

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zinc white,
zinc oxide used as a white pigment in paints.

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n. a white pigment consisting of zinc oxide

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