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- Dictionaryclay/kleɪ/
noun
- 1. a stiff, sticky fine-grained earth that can be moulded when wet, and is dried and baked to make bricks, pottery, and ceramics: "the soil is mainly clay"
- 2. a European moth with yellowish-brown wings.
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Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals [ 1 ] (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolinite, Al 2 Si 2 O 5 (OH) 4).
Clay is a soil particle or a rock composed of clay minerals, with various applications in industry, agriculture, and construction. Learn about the formation, classification, and chemical composition of clay, as well as its role in sedimentary rocks and pottery making.
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Clay is a type of soil or dirt that's made of very small particles. You can mold clay into different shapes when it's wet. Clay is terrible for planting a vegetable garden, but it's perfect for making pottery, tiles, or bricks.
Britannica Dictionary definition of CLAY. [count, noncount] : a heavy, sticky material from the earth that is made into different shapes and that becomes hard when it is baked or dried. Clay is used to make pots, bricks, tiles, etc. — often used before another noun.
Definition. Clay is a fine-grained natural soil material that becomes plastic when wet and hardens upon drying or firing.
Clay is a type of heavy soil that becomes hard when dry, used for making things such as bricks and containers. Find out how to say clay in different languages, such as Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, and more.
Clay is a fine-grained silicate mineral made when rocks break down. Wet clay is soft and can be shaped to make pottery, bricks and other things. When it is shaped and then fired in a kiln to make it hard, it becomes pottery. Clay often contains some water because the water molecules stick to the tiny grains.
