Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash and used in various adhesives, cements, and ceramic fillers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variety of clay occurring extensively in the Fort Benton strata of the Cretaceous of Wyoming.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy Any of several impure
clay minerals consisting mostly ofmontmorillonite . - noun A porous
clay formed by thedecomposition of volcanic ash that swells 5 to 6 times its originalvolume in the presence of water.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Bentonite is a primary montmorillonite clay mined in the U.S.A., but the term bentonite is often used for other commercial montmorillonite clays as well.
Chapter 8 1990
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Sodic bentonite is a type of clay that swells to many times its dry volume when wet.
Archive 2006-04-02 Edward Willett 2006
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Sodic bentonite is a type of clay that swells to many times its dry volume when wet.
The first sentence I wrote today was... Edward Willett 2006
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Second, there is an additive in that anthrax, bentonite, which is used to cause the anthrax to not stick together, and float in the air.
Hullabaloo 2008
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Some investigators think a clay called bentonite was used in the process.
I Need Scientists! 2007
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Most conventional cat litter is made from natural clay, or sodium bentonite, which is formed into pellets and dried.
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Most conventional cat litter is made from natural clay, or sodium bentonite, which is formed into pellets and dried.
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Most conventional cat litter is made from natural clay, or sodium bentonite, which is formed into pellets and dried.
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Surround containers with an impermeable backfill such as bentonite clay if the repository is wet.
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HEMMER: We've been trying for a couple of days, tossing around this word "bentonite," Major Garrett talked about, this morning, the White House saying it was not present.
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