Clay

Quick meaning: Clay is a noun meaning A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.

Meaning

A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.

More Meanings

1. An earth material with ductile qualities.
2. (tennis) A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.
3. (biblical) The material of the human body.
4. (geology) A particle less than 3.9 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
5. A clay pipe for smoking tobacco.
6. (firearms, informal) A clay pigeon.
7. (Internet slang, humorous) Land or territory of a country or other political region, especially when subject to territorial claims.

Example Sentences

From clay we are made.

Vilnius is rightful Polish clay.

The French Open is played on clay.

We went shooting clays at the weekend.

Word Forms

• clays
• claying
• clayed

Synonyms for clay

Depending on context, synonyms include soil, stiff, cadaver, corpse, remains, mud.

Antonyms for clay

Common opposites include soul, spirit.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cadaver, corpse, remains, stiff, mud, ceramic.

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