clay
A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
Other meanings
An earth material with ductile qualities.
A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.
“The French Open is played on clay.”
A kind of
- soil
Kinds of clay
- adobe
- kaolin
- red clay
- daub
Word history
From Old English "clǣġ".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “clay” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.