Definition for clay - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

Subscriber login

Close menu

	Email Cite
	clay (clay) Pronunciation: /kleɪ/ noun 1 [mass noun] a stiff, sticky fine-grained earth that can be moulded when wet, and is dried and baked to make bricks, pottery, and ceramics: the soil is mainly clay [as modifier]: a clay soil a clay tile [count noun]: the rocks are covered by various mixtures of loose clays and sands technical sediment with particles smaller than silt, typically less than 0.002 mm. a hardened clay surface for a tennis court: [as modifier]: a clay court literary the substance of the human body: this lifeless clay 2a European moth with yellowish-brown wings. Several species in the family Noctuidae Derivatives clayey adjective clayish adjective clay-like adjective Origin: Old English clǣg, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch klei, also to cleave² and climb		Search results in the dictionary Clay, Henry ball clay clay pipe china clay clay pigeon London clay More results » More words in this category biscuit biscuit firing black-figure bole 2 crawl faience fettle garniture ginger jar glost litharge Meissen 2 oven paste peach-bloom polychromy salt glaze Spode Nearby Words clavichord clavicle clavier claviform claw claw foot claw hammer clawback clawed frog clay clay mineral clay pigeon clay pipe Clay, Cassius Clay, Henry claymation claymore claypan -cle