Usually means: Soft mineral used in powders.
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We found 49 dictionaries that define the word talc:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. talc: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. talc: Merriam-Webster
  3. talc: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. talc: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. talc: Collins English Dictionary
  6. talc: Vocabulary.com
  7. Talc, talc: Wordnik
  8. talc: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. talc: Wiktionary
  10. talc: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. talc: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. talc: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. talc: Dictionary.com
  14. talc: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. talc: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. TALC (disambiguation), Talc: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Talc: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. talc: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. talc: Rhymezone
  20. Talc: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. talc: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. TALC, talc: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. talc: FreeDictionary.org
  24. talc: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. talc: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Talc: Health & Beauty Glossary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. talc: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. talc: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. talc: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Talc: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. talc: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  7. talc: Medical dictionary
  8. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  9. Talc: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  2. TALC: Acronym Finder

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Talc: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry
  2. TALC: The Mineral Gallery
  3. talc: Dictionary of Geology

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. TALC: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Organic Salon Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Talc: Beauty & Health Glossary

(Note: See talced as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (obsolete) Originally a large range of transparent or glistening foliated minerals. Examples include mica, selenite and the hydrated magnesium silicate that the term talc generally has referred to in modern times (see below). Also an item made of such a mineral and depending for its function on the special nature of the mineral (see next). Mediaeval writers adopted the term from the Arabic.
noun:  (obsolete) A microscope slide made of a plate of mica, generally in use from the start of modern microscopy until the early nineteenth century, after which glass slides became the standard medium.
noun:  A soft mineral, composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, that has a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, and usually occurs in foliated masses.
noun:  Talcum powder.
verb:  (transitive) To apply talc to.

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