clay

Значение (English)

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.

Synonyms

mud

earth

loam

soil

stiff

cadaver

remains

corpse

earthen

dirt

argil

dead body

body

mire

carcass

land

slime

white clay

mortar

stone

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wet ground

ground

clayey soil

loamy

white

brown clay

rock

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sand

sap

sect

silt

slab

slosh

sludge

swamp

terracotta

thunderbolt

clay particle

Aas

cl

potter’s clay

terra cotta

clay soil

be muddy

soft ground

hargil

religion

soft mud

wet dirt

slippery ground

bolt agril

whitish soil

white bole

tenacious clay

clay moth

adobe

sticky stuff

alluvium

boulder

carcase

daub

delta

earthenware

fail

farm

filtrate

glue

gum

hard ground

kaolin

muck

muddy

ooze

ordinary

ore

pigment

pot

pottery

puddle

pug

red

residue

Произносится как (IPA)

/kleɪ/

Этимология (English)

Inherited from среднеанглийский: cley

Inherited from староанглийский: clǣġ

Cognate with нидерландский: klei

Cognate with нижненемецкий: Klei

Cognate with немецкий: Klei

Cognate with датский: klæg

Cognate with древнегреческий: γλία

Cognate with латинский: glūten

Cognate with английский: glue

Cognate with русский: глина

In summary

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.

Предложения

The city is known for its traditional Yixing clay ware .

Город известен своей традиционной глиной.