| clay | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. clay | a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ adobe | the clay from which adobe bricks are made. |
| ~ argil | a white clay (especially a white clay used by potters). |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ dirt, soil | the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock. |
| ~ roofing tile, tile | a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing. |
| n. (substance) | 2. clay, mud | water soaked soil; soft wet earth. |
| ~ bleaching clay, bleaching earth | an adsorbent clay that will remove coloring from oils. |
| ~ mud pie | a mass of mud that a child has molded into the shape of pie. |
| ~ dirt, soil | the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock. |
| ~ mire, slop | deep soft mud in water or slush.; "they waded through the slop" |
| n. (person) | 3. clay, lucius clay, lucius dubignon clay | United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978). |
| ~ full general, general | a general officer of the highest rank. |
| n. (person) | 4. clay, henry clay, the great compromiser | United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852). |
| ~ pol, political leader, politico, politician | a person active in party politics. |
| n. (body) | 5. cadaver, clay, corpse, remains, stiff | the dead body of a human being.; "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" |
| ~ dead body, body | a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person.; "they found the body in the lake" |
| ~ cremains | the remains of a dead body after cremation. |
| pottery | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. clayware, pottery | ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln. |
| ~ agateware | pottery that is veined and mottled to resemble agate. |
| ~ ceramic ware | utensils made from ceramic material. |
| ~ lusterware | pottery with a metallic sheen produced by adding metallic oxides to the glaze. |
| ~ wedgwood | a type of pottery made by Josiah Wedgwood and his successors; typically has a classical decoration in white on a blue background. |
| ~ clay | a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired. |
| n. (act) | 2. pottery | the craft of making earthenware. |
| ~ craft, trade | the skilled practice of a practical occupation.; "he learned his trade as an apprentice" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. pottery | a workshop where clayware is made. |
| ~ workshop, shop | small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done. |
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