clay
IPA: kɫˈeɪ
noun
- 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.
- (tennis) A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.
- (biblical) The material of the human body.
- (geology) A particle less than 3.9 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- A clay pipe for smoking tobacco.
- (firearms, informal) A clay pigeon.
- (informal) Land or territory of a country or other political region, especially when subject to territorial claims
- A moth, Mythimna ferrago
- A surname originating as an occupation.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A diminutive of the male given name Clayton.
- A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States.
- A town, the county seat of Clay County, West Virginia, United States.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Clay Township.
- Ellipsis of Clay County. [A county of Alabama, United States. County seat: Ashland.]
verb
- (transitive) To add clay to, to spread clay onto.
- (transitive, of sugar) To purify using clay.
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Examples of "clay" in Sentences
- This is reflected in the clay nature of the soil.
- The soil is sandy in parts, and in others clay loam.
- When the ice melted, the clay soil sealed the basins.
- The soil is generally a gravelly loam intermixed with clay.
- The soil in the new location was heavy with clay and lacked humus.
- The surface is undulating, and the soil generally a rich clay loam.
- The soil is fine clay loam left by the receding floods of the Yamuna.
- Also, the clay soil produced an unblemished potato of the highest grade.
- The freshly cut clay ahead of the concrete work shows clear knife marks.
- The area of the parish is and the soil is stiff clay with a clay subsoil.