clay

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
2. An earth material with ductile qualities.
3. A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.
4. The material of the human body.
5. A particle less than 3.9 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
6. A clay pipe for smoking tobacco.
7. (informal) A clay pigeon.
8. Land or territory of a country or other political region, especially when subject to territorial claims.
9. A moth, Mythimna ferrago

Verb

1. To add clay to, to spread clay onto.
2. To purify using clay.

Konzepte

Ton

Lehm

Tonerde

Schlamm

tönern

Kadaver

Leiche

Leichnam

lehmig

Herstellung aus Ton

Kaolin

glatter Boden

toniger Boden

Schmutz

Asche

irden

Aas

Körper

Leib

Tierleiche

Aggradation

Anlandung

Auflandung

glänzende Weissfleckeule

Frischrasen-Weissfleckeule

Kapuzen-Graseule

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/kleɪ/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Middle English cley, clay, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaij, from Proto-Germanic *klajjaz (“clay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to glue, paste, stick together”).
Cognate with Dutch klei (“clay”), Low German Klei (“clay”), German Klei, Danish klæg (“clay”); compare Ancient Greek γλία (glía), Latin glūten (“glue”) (whence ultimately English glue), Russian глина (glina, “clay”). Related also to clag, clog.

Sätze

The city is known for its traditional Yixing clay ware .

Die Stadt ist bekannt für ihre traditionelle Yixing -Tonküste.