Dictionary entry details
• CLAY (noun)
Meaning:
A very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("clay" is a kind of...):
dirt; soil (the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock)
Meronyms (substance of "clay"):
atomic number 14; Si; silicon (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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clay"):
daub (material used to daub walls)
potter's clay; potter's earth (clay that does not contain any iron; used in making pottery or for modeling)
Kitty Litter (granulated clay; placed in a container where it absorbs the waste products of a cat or dog)
fireclay (a heat-resistant clay)
bentonite (an absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash)
pipeclay; terra alba (fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather)
red clay (clay whose redness results from iron oxide)
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))
argil (a white clay (especially a white clay used by potters))
adobe (the clay from which adobe bricks are made)
Holonyms ("clay" is a substance of...):
roofing tile; tile (a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing)
brick (rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material)
clayware; pottery (ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln)
Meaning:
Water soaked soil; soft wet earth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
mud; clay
Hypernyms ("clay" is a kind of...):
dirt; soil (the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clay"):
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)
mire; slop (deep soft mud in water or slush)
Meaning:
United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Lucius Clay; Lucius DuBignon Clay; Clay
Instance hypernyms:
full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)
Meaning:
United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
the Great Compromiser; Henry Clay; Clay
Instance hypernyms:
pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)
Meaning:
The dead body of a human being
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
cadaver; corpse; remains; stiff; clay
Context 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 / honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay
Hypernyms ("clay" is a kind of...):
body; dead body (a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clay"):
cremains (the remains of a dead body after cremation)
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