clay in English dictionary

  • clay

    Meanings and definitions of "clay"

    • A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
    • An earth material with ductile qualities.
    • A tennis court surface.
    • (Biblical) The material of the human body.
    • (transitive) To add clay to, to spread clay onto.
    • (transitive, of sugar) To purify using clay.
    • noun
      A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
    • noun
      An earth material with ductile qualities.
    • noun
      (tennis)
      A tennis court surface.
    • noun
      (biblical)
      The material of the human body.
    • noun
      (geology)
      A particle less than 3.9 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
    • noun
      (firearms, informal)
      A clay pigeon.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To add clay to, to spread clay onto.
    • verb
      (transitive, of sugar)
      To purify using clay.
    • The physical structure of a dead animal or person.
    • A loose, earthy, extremely fine-grained, natural sediment or soft rock composed primarily of clay-size or colloidal particles and characterized by high plasticity and by a considerable content of clay mineral and subordinate amounts of finely divided quartz, decomposed feldspar, carbonates, ferruginous matter, and other impurities; it forms a plastic, moldable mass when finely ground and mixed with water, retains its shape on drying, and becomes firm, rocklike and permanently hard on heating or firing.
    • mineral substance
    • tennis court surface
    • noun
      a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
    • noun
      the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"
    • noun
      water soaked soil; soft wet earth

    Synonyms of "clay" in English dictionary

    body, corpse, remains are the top synonyms of "clay" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of clay

    • clay ( usually uncountable;  plural  clays)
    • clay ( third-person singular simple present clays, present participle claying, simple past and past participle clayed)
    • clay (usually uncountable, plural clays)
    • clay (third-person singular simple present clays, present participle claying, simple past and past participle clayed)
  • Clay

    Meanings and definitions of "clay"

    • A surname.
    • A male given name transferred from the surname.
    • A diminutive of the male given name Clayton.
    • proper
      A surname.
    • proper
      A male given name transferred from the surname.
    • proper
      A diminutive of the male given name Clayton.
    • noun
      United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)
    • noun
      United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)

    Synonyms of "clay" in English dictionary

    Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon Clay, Henry Clay are the top synonyms of "clay" in the English thesaurus.

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