Home › Words › B › barbotinebarbotinebarbotine means A soft clay used for moulding or decorating pottery.EtymologyFrom French barbotine.nounA soft clay used for moulding or decorating potteryDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.barbola 70% match — Small models of fruit or flowers made from barbotine. vs barbotine →figulate 59% match — Made of potter's clay. vs barbotine →spongeware 59% match — Traditional pottery decorated by spattering or sponging on colour vs barbotine →argil 58% match — potter's clay. vs barbotine →engobe 57% match — A non-black clay slip coating applied to a ceramic body to give it decorative color or improved texture. vs barbotine →brownware 57% match — Pottery with a brown glaze. vs barbotine →pebbleware 56% match — variegated pottery made from a mixture of clays of different colours vs barbotine →brickclay 56% match — A clay used in making bricks. vs barbotine →