clay

Noun
  1. A very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired (synset 114837352)
    is a type of: dirt, soil - the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
    subtypes:
    • adobe - the clay from which adobe bricks are made
    • argil - a white clay (especially a white clay used by potters)
    • 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
    • daub - material used to daub walls
    substance holonym: 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
    substance meronym:
    • 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
    • roofing tile, tile - a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing
  2. Water soaked soil;
    Soft wet earth (synset 114980464)
    is a type of: dirt, soil - the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
    subtypes:
    same as: mud
  3. United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978) (synset 110919898)
    is an instance of: full general, general - a general officer of the highest rank
    same as: lucius clay, lucius dubignon clay
  4. United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852) (synset 110919703)
    is an instance of: pol, political leader, politician, politico - a person active in party politics
    same as: henry clay, the great compromiser
  5. The dead body of a human being (synset 105225393)
    "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"
    is a type of: body, dead body - a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
    subtypes: cremains - the remains of a dead body after cremation
    same as: cadaver, corpse, remains, stiff

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