Definition of clays in English

Wiktionary

clays (Noun)
Plural of clay.

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clays, verb, present, 3rd person singular of clay (infinitive).
clays, noun, plural of clay.

WordNet

Noun Plural: clays
clay - a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
		dirt, soil the state of being covered with unclean things
		brick rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material
		roofing tile, tile a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
		clayware, pottery the craft of making earthenware
		adobe sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climates
		argil a white clay (especially a white clay used by potters)
		atomic number 14, silicon, si a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
		china clay, china stone, kaolin, kaoline, porcelain clay, terra alba a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper)
		red clay clay whose redness results from iron oxide
		pipeclay, terra alba fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather
		bentonite an absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash
		fireclay a heat-resistant clay
		kitty litter granulated clay; placed in a container where it absorbs the waste products of a cat or dog
		potter's clay, potter's earth clay that does not contain any iron; used in making pottery or for modeling
clay - United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
		Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser
clay - United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)
		Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon Clay
clay - water soaked soil; soft wet earth
		mud
		dirt, soil the state of being covered with unclean things
		bleaching clay, bleaching earth an adsorbent clay that will remove coloring from oils
		mud pie a mass of mud that a child has molded into the shape of pie
clay - the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"
		cadaver, corpse, stiff, remains
		dead body, body the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"
		argot, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular, jargon, cant a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard

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Wiktionary

clay (Verb)
To add clay to, to spread clay onto.
clay (Verb)
To purify using clay.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

clay (n.)
A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part, of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities.
clay (n.)
Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles.
clay (v. t.)
To cover or manure with clay.
clay (v. t.)
To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

clay
A loose, earthy, extremely fine-grained, natural sediment or soft rock composed primarily of clay-size or colloidal particles and characterized by high plasticity and by a considerable content of clay mineral and subordinate amounts of finely divided quartz, decomposed feldspar, carbonates, ferruginous matter, and other impurities; it forms a plastic, moldable mass when finely ground and mixed with water, retains its shape on drying, and becomes firm, rocklike and permanently hard on heating or firing.
clay
The physical structure of a dead animal or person.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

clay
klā, n. a tenacious ductile earth: earth in general: the human body: short for clay-pipe, a tobacco-pipe made of baked clay.—v.t. to purify with clay, as sugar.—adjs. Clay′-brained (Shak.), stupid; Clay′-cold, cold as clay, lifeless.—n. Clay′-eat′er, one addicted to chewing a fatty clay—in Brazil and elsewhere.—adjs. Clayed, clay-like; Clay′ey, made of clay: covered with clay.—n. Clay′-ground, ground consisting mainly of clay.—adj. Clay′ish, of the nature of clay.—ns. Clay′-marl, a whitish chalky clay; Clay′-mill, a mill for preparing clay; Clay′-slate, an argillaceous rock, splitting readily into thin sheets; Clay′stone, one of the concretionary nodules in alluvial deposits.—Wet one's clay, to drink. [A.S. clæg; cf. Dan. klæg, Ger. klei.]

Wikipedia

Clay is a type of soil that is sticky to touch. It is often used in the making of gardening pots.Depending on the type, it sometimes has a gritty texture, and is sometimes very smelly.Clays are also complex materials containing many different types of atoms, however, all clays contain large numbers of silicon(Si) and Oxygen(O) atoms, joined together to form silicate. They form when rocks are broken down or weathered. To make pottery, we clay (a plastic material) is moulded in shape, allowed to dry and then fired in a furnace or kiln.