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red clay

red clay
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [red kley]
    • /rɛd kleɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [red kley]
    • /rɛd kleɪ/

Definitions of red clay words

  • noun red clay a brown to red, widely distributed deep-sea deposit consisting chiefly of microscopic particles and tinted red by iron oxides and manganese. 1
  • noun red clay clayey material colored red by iron oxide 0
  • noun red clay a soft, reddish clay deposit, restricted to the deepest parts of the ocean bottom and containing volcanic, meteoritic, and other insoluble material 0

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Origin of red clay

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Red clay

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

red clay popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 53% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

red clay usage trend in Literature

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