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    DIATOMACEOUS EARTH

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    diatomaceous earth; diatomite; kieselguhr

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("diatomaceous earth" 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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