Thesaurus: clay

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1. 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.
2. n. Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles.
3. v. t. To cover or manure with clay.
4. v. t. To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar.
5. n. a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
6. n. water soaked soil; soft wet earth
7. n. the dead body of a human being
8. 1. A soft earth, which is plastuc, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of alumunium. 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. 2. (Poetry & Script.) Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles. I also am formed out of the clay. Job xxxiii. 6. The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall cover. Byron. Bowlder clay. See under Bowlder. -- Brick clay, the common clay, containing some iron, and therefore turning red when burned. -- Clay cold, cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate. -- Clay ironstone, an ore of iron consisting of the oxide or carbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand. -- Clay marl, a whitish, smooth, chalky clay. -- Clay mill, a mill for mixing and tempering clay; a pug mill. -- Clay pit, a pit where clay is dug. -- Clay slate (Min.), argillaceous schist; argillite. -- Fatty clays, clays having a greasy feel; they are chemical compounds of water, silica, and aluminia, as halloysite, bole, etc. -- Fire clay , a variety of clay, entirely free from lime, iron, or an alkali, and therefore infusible, and used for fire brick. -- Porcelain clay, a very pure variety, formed directly from the decomposition of feldspar, and often called kaolin. -- Potter's clay, a tolerably pure kind, free from iron. 1. To cover or manure with clay. 2. To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar.
9. Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles ofthe human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles.I also am formed out of the clay. Job xxxiii. 6.The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which her own clay shallcover. Byron.Bowlder clay. See under Bowlder.-- Brick clay, the common clay, containing some iron, and thereforeturning red when burned.-- Clay cold, cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate.-- Clay ironstone, an ore of iron consisting of the oxide orcarbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand.-- Clay marl, a whitish, smooth, chalky clay.-- Clay mill, a mill for mixing and tempering clay; a pug mill.-- Clay pit, a pit where clay is dug.-- Clay slate (Min.), argillaceous schist; argillite.-- Fatty clays, clays having a greasy feel; they are chemicalcompounds of water, silica, and aluminia, as halloysite, bole, etc.-- Fire clay , a variety of clay, entirely free from lime, iron, oran alkali, and therefore infusible, and used for fire brick.-- Porcelain clay, a very pure variety, formed directly from thedecomposition of feldspar, and often called kaolin.-- Potter's clay, a tolerably pure kind, free from iron.
10. n:100 n. a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired n. United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978) n. United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)