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   Clay

   /klā/

   

   noun

   • 1. 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.
   • ▪ sediment with particles smaller than silt, typically less than 0.00016 inch (0.004 mm).
   • ▪ a hardened clay surface for a tennis court.
   • ▪ the substance of the human body: "this lifeless clay"

   Word Origin Old Englishclǣg, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch klei, also to cleave2 and climb.

   Derivatives

   • 1. clayish adjective
   • 2. claylike adjective

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