Clay

Definitions

1. A surname originating as an occupation.
   countable, uncountable
2. A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
   uncountable, usually
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   countable, uncountable
4. An earth material with ductile qualities.
   uncountable, usually
5. A diminutive of the male given name Clayton.
   countable, uncountable
6. A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.
   uncountable, usually
7. A number of places in the United States:
   countable, uncountable
8. A city in Jefferson County, Alabama.
   countable, uncountable
9. The material of the human body.
   uncountable, usually
10. A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California.
    countable, uncountable
11. A particle less than 3.9 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
    uncountable, usually
12. A home rule city in Webster County, Kentucky, named after Henry Clay.
    countable, uncountable
13. A clay pipe for smoking tobacco.
    uncountable, usually
14. An unincorporated community in Adair County, Missouri.
    countable, uncountable
15. A clay pigeon.
    informal, uncountable, usually
16. A town in Onondaga County, New York, named after Henry Clay.
    countable, uncountable
17. Land or territory of a country or other political region, especially when subject to territorial claims.
    Internet, humorous, uncountable, usually
18. A moth, Mythimna ferrago
    uncountable, usually
19. An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Jackson County, Ohio.
    countable, uncountable
20. A census-designated place in Burleson County, Texas.
    countable, uncountable
21. A town, the county seat of Clay County, West Virginia.
    countable, uncountable
22. A ghost town in the town of Komensky, Jackson County, Wisconsin.
    countable, uncountable
23. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Clay Township.
    countable, uncountable
24. Ellipsis of Clay County.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

Equivalents

73 more languages

አማርኛሸክላ

العربيةسياعصلصالطينكلايليقة+ 2 more

Azərbaycan diligil

Беларускаягліна

Българскиглинакорт

বাংলামৃত্তিকা

བོད་སྐད།རྫ

Bosanskiamoglinaglinengredailovačalermolištonглинаглинениловача+ 8 more

Catalàargilafang

Češtinaantukahlínajíl

Danskgrusler

Ελληνικάάργιλοςαργιλώδηςπηλός

Esperantoargilo

Eestisavi

Euskarabuztin

Suomisavessavi

Gaeilgecré

Gàidhligcrècrèadh

Galegoarxilabarrogredalartobaxarzoxiz+ 4 more

עבריתטיט

हिन्दीकर्दममाटी

Hrvatskiamoglinaglinengredailovačalermolištonглинаглинениловача+ 8 more

Magyaragyag

Հայերենկավ

Bahasa Indonesialempungtanah liat

Íslenskaleir

ItalianoargillaCreta

日本語埴土粘土

ქართულითიხა

Қазақ тілібалшық

ភាសាខ្មែរដីឥដ្ឋ

ಕನ್ನಡಅಡುಸುಆವೆಕಂಪಚೇಡಿಜೇಡಿಸೀರು+ 3 more

한국어戠점토찰흙

Kurdîamobûroçamûrgîlkilşettonxîz+ 5 more

Кыргызчатопурак

Latinaargillabarrumboluscretalutum+ 2 more

LëtzebuergeschLeem

Lietuviųmolis

Latviešumālszeme

Te Reo Māoriaumoanauku

Македонскиглина

മലയാളംകളിമണ്ണ്

Монголшаваршороо

मराठीचिकणमातीमाती

Bahasa Melayulempungtanah liat

Maltitafal

မြန်မာရွှံ့

Nederlandsklei

ଓଡ଼ିଆମାଟି

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਮਿੱਟੀ

Polskiglinapacynapecyna

Portuguêsargilasaibro

Românăargilăhleilut

Русскийглина

සිංහලකලලමැටි

Slovenčinahlina

Slovenščinaglina

Soomaalidhoobo

Shqipargjilëdeltinëlismë

Српскиamoglinaglinengredailovačalermolištonглинаглинениловача+ 8 more

Svenskagruslerlera

தமிழ்களிகளிமண்

తెలుగుబంకమన్ను

Тоҷикӣгиллой

ไทยดินนวลดินเหนียว

Tagalogarsilyaluwad

Setswanaseretse

Türkçeçamurkil

Українськаглинаглиняний

اردوسفالگلمِٹّی

O'zbekchagilloytuproq

Tiếng Việtđất sétsét

Yorùbáamọ̀

Examples

“Three chairs of the steamer type⟳, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local color) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust […]”

“The French Open⟳ is played on clay.”

“From clay we are made.”

“Thine hands have⟳ made me and fashioned me together round about...thou hast made me as the clay.”

“But now, O Lord, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou art our potter; and we are the work⟳ of thy hand.”

“We went shooting clays at the weekend.”

“Vilnius is rightful Polish clay.”

“When he was about five years old some kids asked Clay why his mother had called him that. And he did not know⟳. But began to wonder⟳.”

“The lone "nay" came from the Republican lawmaker from Louisiana, Clay Higgins, who defied his party saying his vote⟳ was a principled "NO".”

CEFR level