1. (n.)clay a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc.
8. Clay Lucius (DuBignon), 1897–1978, U.S. general.
Definition of 'clay'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)clay a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
2. (noun)mud, clay water soaked soil; soft wet earth
3. (noun)Clay, Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon Clay United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlinairlift (1897-1978)
4. (noun)Clay, Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser United States politician responsible for the MissouriCompromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
5. (noun)cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains the deadbody of a humanbeing "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"
1. (noun)clay a soft substance taken from the ground, used for making dishes, bricks, etc.
Definition of 'clay'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)clay a soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearingdown and decomposition, in part, of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities
2. (noun)clay earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the humanbody as formed from such particles