clay

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

   Lehm, Ton

   гли́наglína

   гли́наhlýna

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

2. (uncountable, usually)An earth material with ductile qualities.

3. (uncountable, usually)A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.

   The French Open is played on clay.

   Asche

4. (uncountable, usually)The material of the human body.

   From clay we are made.

   the dead body of a human being

5. (uncountable, usually)A particle less than 3.9 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.

6. (uncountable, usually)A clay pipe for smoking tobacco.

7. (informal, uncountable, usually)A clay pigeon.

   We went shooting clays at the weekend.

8. (Internet, humorous, uncountable, usually)Land or territory of a country or other political region, especially when subject to territorial claims.

   Vilnius is rightful Polish clay.

9. (uncountable, usually)A moth (Mythimna ferrago).

1. The heat of the sun hardens clay.

   Від сонячного тепла глина твердішає.

   ruСолнечное тепло делает глину твёрдой.

   deDie Hitze der Sonne härtet den Ton.

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2. We made statues out of clay.

   deWir machten Statuen aus Ton.

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3. He made a little statue out of soft clay.

   Він зробив невелику статую із глини.

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4. He formed the clay into a bowl.

   ruОн сделал чашу из глины.

   deEr formte den Ton zu einer Kugel.

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5. He formed the clay into a ball.

   ruОн сделал шар из глины.

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