definition of the word clay

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Old English clǣġ, from Germanic *klaijā-, from *kli- ‘to stick, cleave’, from Indo-European *glei- which means to glue, paste, stick together.^[1] Cognate with Dutch klei, German Klei; compare Ancient Greek γλία, Latin glūs ‘glue’.

• enPR: klā, IPA: /kleɪ/, SAMPA: /kleI/

  Rhymes: -eɪ

clay (uncountable)

1. A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
2. An earth material with ductile qualities.
3. A tennis court surface.

   The French Open are played on clay.

4. (idiomatic) (Biblical) The material of the human body.
   • 1611. Old Testament, King James Version, Job 10:8-9:

     Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about...thou hast made me as the clay.

   • 1611. Old Testament, King James Version, Isaiah 64:8:

     But now, O Lord, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou art our potter; and we are the work of thy hand.

• ball clay
• clayey
• claymation
• fire clay
• potter’s clay

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