Clay - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- water soaked soil; soft wet earth (syn: mud)
- United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)
- United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
- the dead body of a human being (syn: cadaver, corpse, remains, stiff)
Extra examples
...had the feeling that the natives were of a different clay than us and that neither side would ever understand the other...
He set himself up to be (made of) finer clay.
He is good at making things out of clay.
Students fashioned the clay into small figures.
...a formless mass of clay that the potter transformed into an attractive bowl...
The design is incised into the clay.
The clay is incised to create a design.
...a clay sculpture of an eagle that was so malformed that it looked more like a feathered football...
...dropped a nubble of clay on the floor of the pottery...
The potter used a paddle to shape the clay.
...amorphous lumps of clay magically transformed by a skilled potter's hands into works of art...
...we chose that type of clay for its greater plasticity...
...right now this clay is just a shapeless lump, but wait until I'm done sculpting it...
...what was once an unformed lump of clay is now an attractive, useful bowl...
She fashioned a clay into a pot.
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