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clay

UK/kleɪ/ US/kl̥eɪ/ common informal

noun

1.

a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired

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3.

United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)

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5.

the dead body of a human being

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From Middle English cley, clay, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaij, from Proto-Germanic *klajjaz (“clay”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- (“to glue, paste, stick together”).

Phrases

  • ball clay
  • boulder clay
  • china clay
  • Clay Banks
  • clay cake
  • clay court
  • clay up
  • clay-colored thrush

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