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Synonyms for clay

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kley
Phonetic Transcription : kleɪ

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Définition of clay

Origin :
  • Old English clæg "stiff, sticky earth; clay," from West Germanic *klaijaz (cf. Old High German kliwa "bran," German Kleie, Old Frisian klai "clay," Old Saxon klei, Middle Dutch clei, Danish klæg "clay;" also Old English clæman, Old Norse kleima, Old High German kleiman "to cover with clay"), from PIE root *glei- "clay" (cf. Greek gloios "sticky matter;" Latin gluten "glue;" Old Church Slavonic glina "clay," glenu "slime, mucus;" Old Irish glenim "I cleave, adhere").
  • in Scripture, the stuff from which the body of the first man was formed; hence "human body" (especially when dead). Clay pigeon is from 1888. Feet of clay "fundamental weakness" is from Dan. ii:33.
  • noun workable earth material
Example sentences :
  • This we also burnt with fire, after we had protected the fresh flint by plastering it with clay.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • Come, bring thy load, cast it on Him Who fashioned thee from clay.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • The fire was burning on a clay floor a few feet from where I was lying.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • We stuffed the pink dainties with mint, and baked them in balls of clay.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • They passed an outdoor oven like a little round hill of stones and clay.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • Before long Hermes' right foot was found imbedded in the clay.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • The excavators wondered for a long time why this one spot should have clay.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • I played with clay gods and goddesses instead of tin soldiers.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • With that cry he escaped from the marred conditions of the clay.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • Moreover he made pottery, moulding the clay with his hand, and baking it in a fire.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
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