English Explanatory Dictionary

zinc white

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of zinc oxide powder used as an artist's pigment.

Word forms

zinc white

Etymology

Partially within English and partially as a calque of French blanc de zinc after Edme-Jean Leclaire greatly improved its quality and industrialized its production in a suburb of Paris, France.

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