clay
A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile…A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
» The heat of the sun hardens clay.
Die Hitze der Sonne härtet den Ton. — mayabe
Die Hitze der Sonne härtet den Lehm aus. — mayabe
Солнечное тепло делает глину твёрдой. — odexed
Солнечное тепло затвердевает глину. — carlosalberto
Від сонячного тепла глина твердішає. — aandrusiak
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9 senses(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
(uncountable, usually)An earth material with ductile qualities.
(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
(uncountable, usually)The material of the human body.
From clay we are made.
the dead body of a human being
(uncountable, usually)A particle less than 3.9 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
(uncountable, usually)A clay pipe for smoking tobacco.
(informal, uncountable, usually)A clay pigeon.
We went shooting clays at the weekend.
(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.
(uncountable, usually)A moth (Mythimna ferrago).
Examples
71 sentencesThe heat of the sun hardens clay.
Від сонячного тепла глина твердішає. — aandrusiak
ruСолнечное тепло делает глину твёрдой. — odexed
deDie Hitze der Sonne härtet den Ton. — mayabe
We made statues out of clay.
deWir machten Statuen aus Ton. — andrej
He made a little statue out of soft clay.
Він зробив невелику статую із глини. — deniko
He formed the clay into a bowl.
ruОн сделал чашу из глины. — furioness
deEr formte den Ton zu einer Kugel. — al_ex_an_der
He formed the clay into a ball.
ruОн сделал шар из глины. — Hayabusa
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English cley, clay, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”), from Proto-West Germanic *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”). Cognate with Dutch klei (“clay”), Low German Klei (“clay”), German Klei, Danish klæg (“clay”); compare Ancient Greek γλία (glía), Latin glūten (“glue”) (whence ultimately English glue), Russian глина (glina, “clay”). Related also to clag, clog.
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Forms
plural: clays| Singular | clay |
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uncountable
Synonyms
11 synonyms- United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852):Henry Claythe Great Compromiser
- United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1898-1978):Lucius D. ClayLucius ClayLucius DuBignon Clay
- water soaked soil; soft wet earth:mud
- the dead body of a human being:cadavercorpsestiffremains
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
46 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable