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Meaning of 'clay' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.
- Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles.
2 . Clay [ v. t.]
- To cover or manure with clay.
- To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar.

Meaning of 'clay' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . clay [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the dead body of a human being
Example in sentence:
  • honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay;
  • 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

Nearby Words:

clabber clachan clack clacked clacker clacking clad cladocera cladophyll claggy

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