clay
noun
[ kleɪ ]
• a stiff, sticky fine-grained earth that can be moulded when wet, and is dried and baked to make bricks, pottery, and ceramics.
• "the soil is mainly clay"
Similar:
earth,
terracotta,
gault,
catlinite,
pipeclay,
pipestone,
argil,
china clay,
kaolin,
adobe,
ball clay,
bole,
pug,
slip,
barbotine,
fireclay,
• a European moth with yellowish-brown wings.
Origin:
Old English clǣg, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch klei, also to cleave2 and climb.
