clay
1. clay (n)
the dead body of a human being. "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay".
2. clay (n)
United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852).
3. clay (n)
United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978).
4. clay (n)
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired.
5. clay (n)
water soaked soil.
Words derived from clay
cadaveric, cadaverous, mud, mire, muck, muck up, mud
Domain of synset - USAGE
argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular
clay is an instance of
body, dead body, dirt, soil, dirt, soil
Word and things that fall within clay
cremains, adobe, argil, china clay, china stone, kaolin, kaoline, porcelain clay, terra alba, red clay, pipeclay, terra alba, bentonite, fireclay, Kitty Litter, potter's clay, potter's earth, daub, bleaching clay, bleaching earth, mud pie, mire, slop
Instance Hypernym
pol, political leader, politician, politico, full general, general
Substance holonym
brick, clayware, pottery, roofing tile, tile
Substance meronym
atomic number 14, Si, silicon