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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 thick, heavy soil that is soft when wet, and hard when dry or baked. It is used for making bricks and pots, and also for tennis courts. Learn more about clay and its types, properties, and uses.
Learn the meaning of clay as an earthy material, a substance for modeling, or a fundamental nature. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related phrases of clay.
Clay, soil particles the diameters of which are less than 0.005 millimeter; also a rock that is composed essentially of clay particles. Rock in this sense includes soils, ceramic clays, clay shales, mudstones, glacial clays, and deep-sea clays.
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Clay is a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet and consists of hydrated silicates of aluminum. It is used for making bricks, pottery, and tiles, and it is also the material of the human body. Learn more about clay and its origin, history, and idioms.
Clay is a thick, heavy soil that is soft when wet, and hard when dry or baked. It is used for making bricks and pots, and also for tennis courts. Learn more about clay with examples, collocations and translations.
Clay is a fine-grained, earthy material that is plastic when wet and hardens when heated, used for making bricks, tiles, and pottery. It can also refer to the human body, earth, or mud, or to some people's names.
