clay
Pronunciation:
/kleɪ/noun
Definitions
A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
An earth material with ductile qualities.
A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.
Example: The French Open is played on clay.
The material of the human body.
verb
Definitions
To add clay to, to spread clay onto.
(of sugar) To purify using clay.
Example: 1809, Jonathan Williams, On the Process of Claying Sugar, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Volume 6.