Dictionary
clay
Meaning
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- 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 made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.
- The material of the human body.
- A particle less than 3.9 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- A clay pipe for smoking tobacco.
- (informal) A clay pigeon.
- Land or territory of a country or other political region, especially when subject to territorial claims.
- A moth, Mythimna ferrago
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kleɪ/
Cognate with Dutch
klei
Cognate with German
Klei
Cognate with Latin
glūten
Cognate with English
glue
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