Clay — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

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

water soaked soil; soft wet earth

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈoʊzd/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪsplˈeɪsə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪsplˈeɪsə/

1 syllable Say it as /kɹˈoʊzd/.

Examples

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

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Henry Clay stiff Lucius DuBignon Clay cadaver Lucius Clay the Great Compromiser corpse mud remains

Parts of Speech

noun	a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
noun	water soaked soil; soft wet earth
noun	United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)
noun	United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
noun	the dead body of a human being “the cadaver was intended for dissection”

Word Forms

muddy	adjective	(of soil) soft and watery
mud	verb	plaster with mud
cadaverous	adjective	of or relating to a cadaver or corpse
cadaveric	adjective	of or relating to a cadaver or corpse

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Ton

ein sehr feinkörniger Boden, der im feuchten Zustand plastisch, beim Brennen jedoch hart ist

🇫🇷French

argile

un sol à grains très fins, plastique lorsqu'il est humide mais dur lorsqu'il est cuit

🇪🇸Spanish

arcilla

una tierra de grano muy fino que es plástica cuando está húmeda pero dura cuando se cuece

🇮🇹Italian

argilla

un terreno a grana molto fine che è plastico quando umido ma duro quando viene cotto

🇳🇱Dutch

klei

een zeer fijnkorrelige grond die plastic is als hij vochtig is, maar hard als hij wordt gebakken

🇵🇹Portuguese

argila

um solo de granulação muito fina que é plástico quando úmido, mas duro quando queimado

🇷🇺Russian

глина

очень мелкозернистая почва, пластичная во влажном состоянии, но твердая при обжиге

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मिट्टी

बहुत महीन दाने वाली मिट्टी जो नम होने पर प्लास्टिक की हो जाती है लेकिन जलाने पर कठोर हो जाती है

🇧🇩Bengali

কাদামাটি

একটি খুব সূক্ষ্ম দানাদার মাটি যা প্লাস্টিক যখন আর্দ্র কিন্তু শক্ত হলে গুলি করা হয়

🇮🇳Tamil

களிமண்

ஈரமான போது பிளாஸ்டிக் ஆனால் சுடப்படும் போது கடினமாக இருக்கும் ஒரு மிக நுண்ணிய-தானிய மண்

🇮🇳Telugu

మట్టి

చాలా చక్కటి-కణిత నేల తేమగా ఉన్నప్పుడు ప్లాస్టిక్‌గా ఉంటుంది కానీ కాల్చినప్పుడు గట్టిగా ఉంటుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

चिकणमाती

एक अतिशय बारीक माती जी ओलसर असताना प्लास्टिकची असते परंतु गोळीबार करताना कठोर असते

🇮🇳Gujarati

માટી

ખૂબ જ ઝીણી દાણાવાળી જમીન જે ભેજવાળી હોય ત્યારે પ્લાસ્ટિકની હોય છે પરંતુ જ્યારે ફાયરિંગ કરવામાં આવે ત્યારે સખત હોય છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮಣ್ಣಿನ

ಒದ್ದೆಯಾದಾಗ ಪ್ಲಾಸ್ಟಿಕ್ ಆದರೆ ಗುಂಡು ಹಾರಿಸಿದಾಗ ಗಟ್ಟಿಯಾದ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ-ಧಾನ್ಯದ ಮಣ್ಣು

🇮🇳Malayalam

കളിമണ്ണ്

നനവുള്ളപ്പോൾ പ്ലാസ്റ്റിക്കും എന്നാൽ വെടിയുതിർക്കുമ്പോൾ കഠിനവുമാണ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮਿੱਟੀ

ਇੱਕ ਬਹੁਤ ਹੀ ਬਰੀਕ-ਦਾਣੇ ਵਾਲੀ ਮਿੱਟੀ ਜੋ ਪਲਾਸਟਿਕ ਦੀ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ ਜਦੋਂ ਨਮੀ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ ਪਰ ਜਦੋਂ ਫਾਇਰ ਕੀਤੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ ਤਾਂ ਸਖ਼ਤ

🇵🇰Urdu

مٹی

ایک بہت باریک دانے والی مٹی جو نم ہونے پر پلاسٹک کی ہوتی ہے لیکن جب فائر کی جاتی ہے تو سخت ہوتی ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

黏土

一种非常细粒的土壤，潮湿时呈塑性，但燃烧时呈坚硬状态

🇯🇵Japanese

粘土

非常に細かい粒子の土で、湿っているときはプラスチックですが、焼くと硬くなります。

🇰🇷Korean

점토

촉촉할 때는 플라스틱이지만 불에 타면 단단해지는 매우 미세한 흙입니다.

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đất sét

một loại đất rất mịn, dẻo khi ẩm nhưng cứng khi nung

🇹🇭Thai

ดินเหนียว

ดินเนื้อละเอียดมากที่เป็นพลาสติกเมื่อชื้นแต่แข็งเมื่อเผา

🇮🇩Indonesian

tanah liat

tanah berbutir sangat halus yang bersifat plastis ketika lembab tetapi keras ketika dibakar

🇵🇭Filipino

luwad

isang napaka pinong butil na lupa na plastik kapag basa ngunit matigas kapag pinaputok

🇲🇾Malay

tanah liat

tanah berbutir sangat halus iaitu plastik apabila lembab tetapi keras apabila dibakar

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

فخار

تربة دقيقة الحبيبات تكون بلاستيكية عندما تكون رطبة ولكنها صلبة عند حرقها

🇮🇷Persian

خاک رس

خاک بسیار ریزدانه که وقتی مرطوب است پلاستیکی است اما در زمان پخت سفت است

🇹🇷Turkish

kil

nemliyken plastik ama pişirildiğinde sert olan çok ince taneli toprak

🇮🇱Hebrew

חֶרֶס

אדמה עדינה מאוד שהיא פלסטית כשהיא לחה אבל קשה כששריפה

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