ALL meanings of clay
clay
C c - variable noun clay Clay is a kind of earth that is soft when it is wet and hard when it is dry. Clay is shaped and baked to make things such as pots and bricks. 3
- uncountable noun clay In tennis, matches played on clay are played on courts whose surface is covered with finely crushed stones or brick. 3
- noun clay a very fine-grained material that consists of hydrated aluminium silicate, quartz, and organic fragments and occurs as sedimentary rocks, soils, and other deposits. It becomes plastic when moist but hardens on heating and is used in the manufacture of bricks, cement, ceramics, etc 3
- noun clay earth or mud in general 3
- noun clay the material of the human body 3
- verb clay to cover or mix with clay 3
- abbreviation CLAY Cassius 3
- noun clay Henry. 1777–1852, US statesman and orator; secretary of state (1825–29) 3
- noun clay Henry1777-1852; U.S. statesman & orator 3
- noun clay a firm, fine-grained earth, plastic when wet, composed chiefly of hydrous aluminum silicate minerals: it is produced by the chemical decomposition of rocks or the deposit of fine rock particles in water and is used in the manufacture of bricks, pottery, and other ceramics 3
- noun clay soil composed of mineral particles of very small size 3
- noun clay earth, esp. as a symbol of the material of the human body 3
- noun clay the human body 3
- noun clay earth 1
- noun clay for pottery 1
- noun clay A stiff, sticky fine-grained earth, typically yellow, red, or bluish-gray in color and often forming an impermeable layer in the soil. It can be molded when wet, and is dried and baked to make bricks, pottery, and ceramics. 1
- noun clay Bertha M (Charlotte Monica Braeme) 1836–84, English author: originator of a long series of romantic novels. 1
- noun clay Cassius Marcellus, 1810–1903, U.S. antislavery leader and diplomat. 1
- noun clay Cassius Marcellus, Jr. original name of Muhammad Ali. 1
- noun clay Henry, 1777–1852, U.S. statesman and orator. 1
- noun clay Lucius (DuBignon) [doo-bin-yon] /ˌdu bɪnˈyɒn/ (Show IPA), 1897–1978, U.S. general. 1
- noun clay a male given name. 1
- verb with object clay to treat or mix with clay; cover, daub, or fill with clay. 1
- verb with object clay to filter through clay. 1
- noun clay A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics. 0
- noun clay An earth material with ductile qualities. 0
- noun clay (tennis) A tennis court surface. 0
- noun clay (biblical) The material of the human body. 0
- noun clay (geology) A particle less than 3.9 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale. 0
- noun clay (Informal) (firearms) A clay pigeon. 0
- verb clay (Transitive Verb) To add clay to, to spread clay onto. 0
- verb clay (Transitive Verb) (of sugar) To purify using clay. 0