"fuller's earth" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌfʊləz ˈɜːθ/
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} fuller's earth (uncountable)
  1. A fine clay used in fulling cloth. Wikipedia link: fuller's earth Tags: uncountable Synonyms: walker's earth [rare] Translations (A fine clay used in fulling cloth): хума (huma) [feminine] (Bulgarian), A-rw-k:t-mw-D26 (ꜣrwkt) [masculine] (Egyptian), terre à foulon [feminine] (French), argile smectique (French), Walkererde [feminine] (German), Bleicherde [feminine] (German), Fullererde (German), cré úcaire [masculine] (Irish), фуллер топырағы (fuller topyrağy) (Kazakh), tierra de batán (Spanish), valklera [common-gender] (Swedish), blekjord [common-gender] (Swedish), clai pannwr, [masculine] (Welsh), pridd pannwr [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-fuller's_earth-en-noun-8QEI-i1q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Kazakh terms with redundant script codes

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