clay means "a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clay?

clay has 1 syllable: clay. In IPA it is /ˈkleɪ/.

What is another word for clay?

Close synonyms include mud, Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon Clay, Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clay a common word?

clay is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

clay — meaning, pronunciation and 5 definitions

noun

5 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
Broadersoil
Narroweradobe argil china clay red clay pipeclay bentonite fireclay Kitty Litter potter's clay daub
2.
water soaked soil; soft wet earth
Synonymsmud
Broadersoil
Narrowerbleaching clay mud pie slop
3.
United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)
SynonymsLucius Clay Lucius DuBignon Clay
Broadergeneral
4.
United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
SynonymsHenry Clay the Great Compromiser
Broaderpolitician
5.
the dead body of a human being
“the cadaver was intended for dissection”
“the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse”
“the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river”
“honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay”
Synonymscadaver corpse stiff remains
Broaderbody
Narrowercremains
slang

Other forms of clay

plural: clays·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about clay

What does clay mean?: clay means "a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in clay?: clay has 1 syllable: clay. In IPA it is /ˈkleɪ/.
What is another word for clay?: Close synonyms include mud, Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon Clay, Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is clay a common word?: clay is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for clay come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

noun

5 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
Broadersoil
Narroweradobe argil china clay red clay pipeclay bentonite fireclay Kitty Litter potter's clay daub
2.
water soaked soil; soft wet earth
Synonymsmud
Broadersoil
Narrowerbleaching clay mud pie slop
3.
United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)
SynonymsLucius Clay Lucius DuBignon Clay
Broadergeneral
4.
United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
SynonymsHenry Clay the Great Compromiser
Broaderpolitician
5.
the dead body of a human being
“the cadaver was intended for dissection”
“the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse”
“the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river”
“honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay”
Synonymscadaver corpse stiff remains
Broaderbody
Narrowercremains
slang

Other forms of clay

plural: clays·

Questions about clay

What does clay mean?: clay means "a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in clay?: clay has 1 syllable: clay. In IPA it is /ˈkleɪ/.
What is another word for clay?: Close synonyms include mud, Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon Clay, Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is clay a common word?: clay is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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