Dictionary.com Thesaurus.com

kaolinize

American

[key-uh-luh-nahyz] / ˈkeɪ ə ləˌnaɪz /

especially British, kaolinise

verb (used with object)

kaolinized, kaolinizing

to convert (minerals containing kaolinite) into kaolin by weathering.

Other Word Forms

kaolinization noun

Etymology

Origin of kaolinize

First recorded in 1870–75; kaolin + -ize

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.