clay
English Thesaurus
1. the dead body of a human being (noun.body)
hypernym | : | body, dead body, |
definition | : | a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | cremains, |
definition | : | the remains of a dead body after cremation (noun.body) |
2. United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852) (noun.person)
3. United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978) (noun.person)
instance hypernym | : | full general, general, |
definition | : | a general officer of the highest rank (noun.person) |
4. a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired (noun.substance)
hypernym | : | dirt, soil, |
definition | : | the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock (noun.substance) |
hyponym | : | adobe, |
definition | : | the clay from which adobe bricks are made (noun.substance) |
hyponym | : | argil, |
definition | : | a white clay (especially a white clay used by potters) (noun.substance) |
hyponym | : | red clay, |
definition | : | clay whose redness results from iron oxide (noun.substance) |
hyponym | : | pipeclay, terra alba, |
definition | : | fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather (noun.substance) |
hyponym | : | bentonite, |
definition | : | an absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash (noun.substance) |
hyponym | : | fireclay, |
definition | : | a heat-resistant clay (noun.substance) |
hyponym | : | kitty litter, |
definition | : | granulated clay; placed in a container where it absorbs the waste products of a cat or dog (noun.substance) |
hyponym | : | potter's clay, potter's earth, |
definition | : | clay that does not contain any iron; used in making pottery or for modeling (noun.substance) |
hyponym | : | daub, |
definition | : | material used to daub walls (noun.substance) |
substance holonym | : | atomic number 14, si, silicon, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.substance) |
substance meronym | : | brick, |
definition | : | rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material (noun.artifact) |
substance meronym | : | clayware, pottery, |
definition | : | ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln (noun.artifact) |
substance meronym | : | roofing tile, tile, |
definition | : | a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing (noun.substance) |
5. water soaked soil; soft wet earth (noun.substance)
hypernym | : | dirt, soil, |
definition | : | the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock (noun.substance) |
hyponym | : | mud pie, |
definition | : | a mass of mud that a child has molded into the shape of pie (noun.substance) |
hyponym | : | mire, slop, |
definition | : | deep soft mud in water or slush (noun.substance) |
6. the dead body of a human being (noun.body)
7. water soaked soil; soft wet earth (noun.substance)
derivation | : | mud, |
definition | : | plaster with mud (verb.contact) |
derivation | : | mire, muck, muck up, mud, |
definition | : | soil with mud, muck, or mire (verb.contact) |
derivation | : | boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged, |
definition | : | (of soil) soft and watery (adj.all) |
8. the dead body of a human being (noun.body)
9. water soaked soil; soft wet earth (noun.substance)
derivation | : | mud, |
definition | : | plaster with mud (verb.contact) |
derivation | : | mire, muck, muck up, mud, |
definition | : | soil with mud, muck, or mire (verb.contact) |
derivation | : | boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged, |
definition | : | (of soil) soft and watery (adj.all) |
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