Synonym: Clay, Henry Clay, Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon Clay, cadaver, corpse, mud, remains, stiff, the Great Compromiser. Similar words: class, claim, lay out, play, declare, a class, layer, lay off. Meaning: [kleɪ] n. 1. a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired 2. water soaked soil; soft wet earth 3. United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978) 4. United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852) 5. the dead body of a human being.
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1 The statues were cast in clay moulds.
2 The children like making houses of sticks and clay.
3 Form a bowl from clay.
4 He rounded the clay into a sphere.
5 Moisten the clay if it seems too dry.
6 She made a fantastic clay model of her dog.
7 Clay will vacate the position on June 19.
8 The earth here is mostly clay.
9 Clay can be moulded into almost any shape.
10 A thick layer of clay lies over the sandstone.
11 The child is playing with clay in the yard.
12 He shaped a pot out of the clay.
13 Bricks are made from clay.
14 The sculptor figured the girl in clay.
15 A clay mould is used for casting bronze statues.
16 Great heat indurates clay.
17 Clay is a plastic substance.
18 Clay overlies chalk in the southern mountains.
19 Tandoori food is cooked in a clay oven.
20 The workers burned clay to bricks.
21 The sculptor rounded the clay into a sphere.
22 Leave the clay in the mould overnight.
23 Turn left at the crossroads into Clay Lane.
24 The clay Buddha has chipped off.
25 He likes working with the clay with his hands.
26 Clay and wax are plastic substances.
27 She fashioned a pot from the clay.
28 As the wheel turned,(sentencedict.com)[www.Sentencedict.com] the potter shaped and squeezed the lump of clay into a graceful shape.
29 Loam is a soil with roughly equal proportions of clay, sand and silt.
30 Another method, used especially for figures, was to pour the clay into a mould.