talcum
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1. a toilet powder made of purified talc and usually scented; absorbs excess moisture (noun.artifact)
| substance holonym | : | talc, talcum, |
| definition | : | a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder (noun.substance) |
2. a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | mineral, |
| definition | : | solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | soap-rock, soaprock, soapstone, steatite, |
| definition | : | a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | french chalk, |
| definition | : | a soft white compact talc used to mark cloth or to remove grease stains (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | rensselaerite, |
| definition | : | a kind of soft talc; sometimes used as wood filler (noun.substance) |
| substance meronym | : | talcum, talcum powder, |
| definition | : | a toilet powder made of purified talc and usually scented; absorbs excess moisture (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | talc, |
| definition | : | apply talcum powder to (one's body) (verb.body) |
| derivation | : | talc, |
| definition | : | apply talcum powder to (one's body) (verb.body) |
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