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noun1) articles made by fired clay:فُخّارHe is learning how to make pottery.
2) (plural ˈpotteries) a place where articles of fired clay are made:مَصْنَع الفُخّارHe is working in the pottery.
3) the art of making such articles:صِناعَة الفُخّارHe is learning pottery.
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[kleɪ] nouna soft, sticky type of earth which is often baked into pottery, china, bricks etc.طين خَزَفي، صَلْصال -
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Русско-английский научно-технический словарь Масловского > горшечная глина
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pottery claypottery claysБългарски-Angleščina политехнически речник > грънчарска глина
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argil, clay* * *гли́на ж.
clayвспу́чивать гли́ну — expand [foam] clayвыве́тривать гли́ну ( при производстве кирпича) — weather clayгли́на затвердева́ет [отвердева́ет] — the clay indurates [clunches]мять гли́ну — pug [knead] clayгли́на набуха́ет — the clay swellsобжига́ть гли́ну — burn clayотму́чивать гли́ну — wash clayполуча́ть отощё́нную гли́ну — extend clayгли́на слё́живается — the clay clumpsспека́ть гли́ну — sinter clayутрамбо́вывать гли́ну — ram clayактиви́рованная гли́на — activated clayбентони́товая гли́на — bentonite clayвая́льная гли́на — modelling clayгонча́рная гли́на — potter's clayгорше́чная гли́на — pottery clayгрубокерами́ческая гли́на — brick clayжи́рная гли́на — fat [rich, soapy] clay, loamкирпи́чная гли́на — brick clayлё́точная гли́на — tapping clayобезвозду́шенная гли́на — deaired clayоблицо́вочная гли́на — coating clayогнеупо́рная гли́на — fireclayотбе́ливающая гли́на — bleaching clayстержнева́я гли́на — core clayсукнова́льная гли́на — fuller's earthто́щая гли́на — lean clayформо́вочная гли́на — moulding clay, moulding loamцементи́рующая гли́на — bond clayшамо́тная гли́на — fireclay* * * -
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f sgt 1. (surowiec ceramiczny) clay- glina garncarska potter’s a. pottery clay- tłusta glina fatty clay- glina ogniotrwała fireclay- lepić dzbanki/miski z gliny to make clay jugs/bowls, to make jugs/bowls out of clay2. Geol. clay- pokłady gliny clay deposits3. pot. (ciężka gleba) clay■ być ulepionym z jednej a. tej samej gliny to be cut from the same cloth, to be (made a. cast) from the same mould- być ulepionym z innej gliny to be (made a. cast) from a different mould- czy ty jesteś ulepiony z lepszej gliny? what makes you think you’re so special?, what makes you so high and mighty?The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > glin|a1
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1) General subject: argil, potter's clay2) Engineering: figuline, potter's earth, pottery clay3) Construction: potter of clay4) Architecture: figurine5) Mining: potter's-earth6) Oil: ag argil -
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Geology: potter's clay, pottery clayУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > чистая пластическая глина
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Oil: pottery clayУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > пластичная горшечная глина
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argil, pottery clay, figuline, jigulineРусско-английский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям > гончарная глина
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terra (archaic tera, Varr. L. L. 5, 4, 21), ae ( gen. terras, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.: terraï, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 7 ib. (Ann. v. 479 Vahl.); Lucr. 1, 212; 1, 251; 2, 1063; 3, 989 et saep.), f. [perh. Sanscr. root tarsh-, to be dry, thirsty; Lat. torreo, torris; Germ Durst; Engl. thirst; prop. the dry land], the earth, opp. to the heavens, the sea, the air, etc.; land, ground, soil (cf.: tellus, solum).I.In gen.:B.principio terra universa cernatur, locata in mediā sede mundi, solida et globosa et undique ipsa in sese nutibus suis conglobata, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:terra in medio mundo sita,
id. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:hunc statum esse hujus totius mundi atque naturae, rotundum ut caelum, terra ut media sit, eaque suā vi nutuque teneatur,
id. de Or. 3, 45, 178:umbra terrae,
id. Rep. 1, 14, 22:terrae motus,
earthquakes, id. Div. 1, 18, 35; 1, 35, 78; cf. Sen. Q. N. 6, 1, 1 sqq.; Curt. 4, 4 fin.: Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191 sq.:res invectae ex terrā,
Cic. Rep. 2, 5, 10:terra continens adventus hostium denuntiat,
id. ib. 2, 3, 6:Massilia fere ex tribus oppidi partibus mari alluitur: reliqua quarta est, quae aditum habeat a terrā,
Caes. B. C. 2, 1:cui parti (insulae) nulla est objecta terra,
id. B. G. 5, 13:iter terrā petere,
Cic. Planc. 40, 96; cf.:ipse terrā eodem pergit,
Liv. 31, 16, 3:esse in terrā atque in tuto loco,
on solid ground, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 87:ex magnā jactatione terram videns,
Cic. Mur. 2, 4: terrā marique, by land and by water (very freq.), id. Att. 9, 1, 3; id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 56; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 2; Sall. C. 13, 3; cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120:insidiae terrā marique factae,
id. Verr. 1, 2, 3;the form et terrā et mari is also class.,
id. ib. 2, 2, 39, § 96 (B. and K. bracket the first et); 2, 5, 50, § 131; id. Mur. 15, 33; Liv. 37, 29, 5; Nep. Hann. 10, 2; id. Ham. 1, 2; id. Alcib. 1, 2; Sen. Ep 60, 2; 101, 4;for which also: bellum terrā et mari comparat,
id. Att. 10, 4, 3:terrā ac mari,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 4:marique terrāque usque quāque quaeritat,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 105:aut terrā aut mari,
id. Ps. 1, 3, 83:mari atque terrā,
Sall. C. 53, 2:mari ac terrā,
Flor. 2, 8, 11:mari terrāque,
Liv. 37, 11, 9; 37, 52, 3:natura sic ab his investigata est, ut nulla pars caelo, mari, terrā (ut poëtice loquar) praetermissa sit,
Cic. Fin. 5, 4, 9:eorum, quae gignuntur e terrā, stirpes et stabilitatem dant iis, quae sustinent, et ex terrā sucum trahunt, etc.,
id. N. D. 2, 47, 120:num qui nummi exciderunt, ere, tibi, quod sic terram Obtuere?
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 17:tollere saxa de terrā,
Cic. Caecin. 21, 60:tam crebri ad terram accidebant, quam pira,
Plaut. Poen. 2, 38; so,ad terram,
id. Capt. 4, 2, 17; id. Pers. 2, 4, 22; id. Rud. 4, 3, 71:aliquem in terram statuere,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:ne quid in terram defluat,
Cic. Lael. 16, 58:penitus terrae defigitur arbos,
Verg. G. 2, 290; so. terrae (dat.), id. ib. 2, 318; id. A. 11, 87; Ov. M. 2, 347; Liv. 5, 51, 3; Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 133 al.:sub terris si jura deum,
in the infernal regions, Prop. 3, 5 (4, 4), 39; cf.:mei sub terras ibit imago,
Verg. A. 4, 654:genera terrae,
kinds of earth, Plin. 35, 16, 53, § 191:Samia terra,
Samian pottery clay, id. 28, 12, 53, § 194: terrae filius, son of earth, i. e. human being, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 4:terrā orti,
natives of the soil, aborigines, autochthones, Quint. 3, 7, 26: cum aquam terramque ab Lacedaemoniis petierunt, water and earth (as a token of subjection), Liv. 35, 17, 7:terram edere,
Cels. 2, 7, 7. —Personified, Terra, the Earth, as a goddess;II.usu. called Tellus, Magna Mater, Ceres, Cybele, etc.: jam si est Ceres a gerendo, Terra ipsa dea est et ita habetur: quae est enim alia Tellus?
Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 52; cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 5; Ov. F. 6, 299; 6. 460; Hyg. Fab. 55; 140; 152; Naev. 2, 16; Suet. Tib. 75. —In partic., a land, country, region, territory (cf.: regio, plaga, tractus): Laurentis terra, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 762 P. (Ann. v. 35 Vahl.):terra erilis patria,
Plaut. Stich. 5. 2, 2; cf.:in nostrā terrā in Apuliā,
id. Cas. prol. 72:tua,
id. Men. 2, 1, 4:mea,
Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 128:in hac terrā,
Cic. Lael. 4, 13:in eā terrā (sc. Sicilia),
id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 106:terra Gallia,
Caes. B. G. 1, 30:terra Italia,
Liv. 25 7, 4 Drak. N. cr.; 29, 10, 5; 30, 32, 6; 38, 47 6; 39, 17, 2;42, 29, 1: Africa,
id. 29, 23, 10 Hispania, id. 38, 58, 5:Pharsalia,
id. 33, 6, 11. —In plur.:in quascumque terras,
Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 9:eae terrae,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:qui terras incolunt eas, in quibus, etc.,
id. N. D. 2, 16, 42:abire in aliquas terras,
id. Cat. 1, 8, 20:(Cimbri) alias terras petierunt,
Caes. B. G. 7, 77 et saep. — Esp., terrae, the earth, the world:pecunia tanta, quanta est in terris,
in the whole earth, in the world, Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:quid erat in terris, ubi, etc.,
id. Phil. 2, 19, 48; 2, 20, 50; 2, 23, 57; id. Cael. 5, 12:ruberes Viveret in terris te si quis avarior,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 157; Sen. Prov. 2, 9; so,aureus hanc vitam in terris Saturnus agebat,
Verg. G. 2, 538:terrarum cura,
id. ib. 1, 26. — Ante-class., also in terrā, in the world:quibus nunc in terrā melius est?
Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 100:scelestiorem in terrā nullam esse alteram,
id. Cist. 4, 1, 8; id. Mil. 1, 1, 52; 2, 3, 42; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 51; id. Aul. 5, 9, 12; id. Curc. 1, 2, 51.—Hence also the phrase orbis terrarum, the world, the whole world, all nations:quae orbem terrarum implevere famā,
Plin. 36, 36, 13, § 76:Graecia in toto orbe terrarum potentissima,
id. 18, 7, 12, § 65:cujus tres testes essent totum orbem terrarum nostro imperio teneri,
Cic. Balb. 6, 16; but freq. also orbis terrarum, the world, i. e. the empire of Rome:orbis terrarum gentiumque omnium,
id. Agr. 2, 13, 33; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 36, 103;while orbis terrae,
the globe, the earth, the world, id. Phil. 13, 15, 30; id. Fam. 5, 7, 3; id. Fl. 41, 103; id. Agr. 1, 1, 2;but also with ref. to the Roman dominion,
id. de Or. 3, 32, 131; id. Sull. 11, 33; id. Dom. 42, 110; id. Phil. 8, 3, 10; id. Off, 2, 8, 27; id. Cat. 1, 1, 3; cf.of the Senate: publicum orbis terrae consilium,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 4; id. Cat. 1, 4, 9; id. Phil. 3, 14, 34; 4, 6, 14; 7, 7, 19;v. orbis: quoquo hinc asportabitur terrarum, certum est persequi,
Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 18: ubi terrarum esses, ne suspicabar quidem, in what country, or where in the world, Cic. Att. 5, 10, 4, so, ubi terrarum, id. Rab. Post. 13, 37:ubicumque terrarum,
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terra (archaic tera, Varr. L. L. 5, 4, 21), ae ( gen. terras, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.: terraï, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 7 ib. (Ann. v. 479 Vahl.); Lucr. 1, 212; 1, 251; 2, 1063; 3, 989 et saep.), f. [perh. Sanscr. root tarsh-, to be dry, thirsty; Lat. torreo, torris; Germ Durst; Engl. thirst; prop. the dry land], the earth, opp. to the heavens, the sea, the air, etc.; land, ground, soil (cf.: tellus, solum).I.In gen.:B.principio terra universa cernatur, locata in mediā sede mundi, solida et globosa et undique ipsa in sese nutibus suis conglobata, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:terra in medio mundo sita,
id. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:hunc statum esse hujus totius mundi atque naturae, rotundum ut caelum, terra ut media sit, eaque suā vi nutuque teneatur,
id. de Or. 3, 45, 178:umbra terrae,
id. Rep. 1, 14, 22:terrae motus,
earthquakes, id. Div. 1, 18, 35; 1, 35, 78; cf. Sen. Q. N. 6, 1, 1 sqq.; Curt. 4, 4 fin.: Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191 sq.:res invectae ex terrā,
Cic. Rep. 2, 5, 10:terra continens adventus hostium denuntiat,
id. ib. 2, 3, 6:Massilia fere ex tribus oppidi partibus mari alluitur: reliqua quarta est, quae aditum habeat a terrā,
Caes. B. C. 2, 1:cui parti (insulae) nulla est objecta terra,
id. B. G. 5, 13:iter terrā petere,
Cic. Planc. 40, 96; cf.:ipse terrā eodem pergit,
Liv. 31, 16, 3:esse in terrā atque in tuto loco,
on solid ground, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 87:ex magnā jactatione terram videns,
Cic. Mur. 2, 4: terrā marique, by land and by water (very freq.), id. Att. 9, 1, 3; id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 56; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 2; Sall. C. 13, 3; cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120:insidiae terrā marique factae,
id. Verr. 1, 2, 3;the form et terrā et mari is also class.,
id. ib. 2, 2, 39, § 96 (B. and K. bracket the first et); 2, 5, 50, § 131; id. Mur. 15, 33; Liv. 37, 29, 5; Nep. Hann. 10, 2; id. Ham. 1, 2; id. Alcib. 1, 2; Sen. Ep 60, 2; 101, 4;for which also: bellum terrā et mari comparat,
id. Att. 10, 4, 3:terrā ac mari,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 4:marique terrāque usque quāque quaeritat,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 105:aut terrā aut mari,
id. Ps. 1, 3, 83:mari atque terrā,
Sall. C. 53, 2:mari ac terrā,
Flor. 2, 8, 11:mari terrāque,
Liv. 37, 11, 9; 37, 52, 3:natura sic ab his investigata est, ut nulla pars caelo, mari, terrā (ut poëtice loquar) praetermissa sit,
Cic. Fin. 5, 4, 9:eorum, quae gignuntur e terrā, stirpes et stabilitatem dant iis, quae sustinent, et ex terrā sucum trahunt, etc.,
id. N. D. 2, 47, 120:num qui nummi exciderunt, ere, tibi, quod sic terram Obtuere?
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 17:tollere saxa de terrā,
Cic. Caecin. 21, 60:tam crebri ad terram accidebant, quam pira,
Plaut. Poen. 2, 38; so,ad terram,
id. Capt. 4, 2, 17; id. Pers. 2, 4, 22; id. Rud. 4, 3, 71:aliquem in terram statuere,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:ne quid in terram defluat,
Cic. Lael. 16, 58:penitus terrae defigitur arbos,
Verg. G. 2, 290; so. terrae (dat.), id. ib. 2, 318; id. A. 11, 87; Ov. M. 2, 347; Liv. 5, 51, 3; Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 133 al.:sub terris si jura deum,
in the infernal regions, Prop. 3, 5 (4, 4), 39; cf.:mei sub terras ibit imago,
Verg. A. 4, 654:genera terrae,
kinds of earth, Plin. 35, 16, 53, § 191:Samia terra,
Samian pottery clay, id. 28, 12, 53, § 194: terrae filius, son of earth, i. e. human being, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 4:terrā orti,
natives of the soil, aborigines, autochthones, Quint. 3, 7, 26: cum aquam terramque ab Lacedaemoniis petierunt, water and earth (as a token of subjection), Liv. 35, 17, 7:terram edere,
Cels. 2, 7, 7. —Personified, Terra, the Earth, as a goddess;II.usu. called Tellus, Magna Mater, Ceres, Cybele, etc.: jam si est Ceres a gerendo, Terra ipsa dea est et ita habetur: quae est enim alia Tellus?
Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 52; cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 5; Ov. F. 6, 299; 6. 460; Hyg. Fab. 55; 140; 152; Naev. 2, 16; Suet. Tib. 75. —In partic., a land, country, region, territory (cf.: regio, plaga, tractus): Laurentis terra, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 762 P. (Ann. v. 35 Vahl.):terra erilis patria,
Plaut. Stich. 5. 2, 2; cf.:in nostrā terrā in Apuliā,
id. Cas. prol. 72:tua,
id. Men. 2, 1, 4:mea,
Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 128:in hac terrā,
Cic. Lael. 4, 13:in eā terrā (sc. Sicilia),
id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 106:terra Gallia,
Caes. B. G. 1, 30:terra Italia,
Liv. 25 7, 4 Drak. N. cr.; 29, 10, 5; 30, 32, 6; 38, 47 6; 39, 17, 2;42, 29, 1: Africa,
id. 29, 23, 10 Hispania, id. 38, 58, 5:Pharsalia,
id. 33, 6, 11. —In plur.:in quascumque terras,
Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 9:eae terrae,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:qui terras incolunt eas, in quibus, etc.,
id. N. D. 2, 16, 42:abire in aliquas terras,
id. Cat. 1, 8, 20:(Cimbri) alias terras petierunt,
Caes. B. G. 7, 77 et saep. — Esp., terrae, the earth, the world:pecunia tanta, quanta est in terris,
in the whole earth, in the world, Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:quid erat in terris, ubi, etc.,
id. Phil. 2, 19, 48; 2, 20, 50; 2, 23, 57; id. Cael. 5, 12:ruberes Viveret in terris te si quis avarior,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 157; Sen. Prov. 2, 9; so,aureus hanc vitam in terris Saturnus agebat,
Verg. G. 2, 538:terrarum cura,
id. ib. 1, 26. — Ante-class., also in terrā, in the world:quibus nunc in terrā melius est?
Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 100:scelestiorem in terrā nullam esse alteram,
id. Cist. 4, 1, 8; id. Mil. 1, 1, 52; 2, 3, 42; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 51; id. Aul. 5, 9, 12; id. Curc. 1, 2, 51.—Hence also the phrase orbis terrarum, the world, the whole world, all nations:quae orbem terrarum implevere famā,
Plin. 36, 36, 13, § 76:Graecia in toto orbe terrarum potentissima,
id. 18, 7, 12, § 65:cujus tres testes essent totum orbem terrarum nostro imperio teneri,
Cic. Balb. 6, 16; but freq. also orbis terrarum, the world, i. e. the empire of Rome:orbis terrarum gentiumque omnium,
id. Agr. 2, 13, 33; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 36, 103;while orbis terrae,
the globe, the earth, the world, id. Phil. 13, 15, 30; id. Fam. 5, 7, 3; id. Fl. 41, 103; id. Agr. 1, 1, 2;but also with ref. to the Roman dominion,
id. de Or. 3, 32, 131; id. Sull. 11, 33; id. Dom. 42, 110; id. Phil. 8, 3, 10; id. Off, 2, 8, 27; id. Cat. 1, 1, 3; cf.of the Senate: publicum orbis terrae consilium,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 4; id. Cat. 1, 4, 9; id. Phil. 3, 14, 34; 4, 6, 14; 7, 7, 19;v. orbis: quoquo hinc asportabitur terrarum, certum est persequi,
Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 18: ubi terrarum esses, ne suspicabar quidem, in what country, or where in the world, Cic. Att. 5, 10, 4, so, ubi terrarum, id. Rab. Post. 13, 37:ubicumque terrarum,
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18 глинен
clay (attr.); of clay, earthenглинена лула a clay pipeглинена пръст clay loamглинени съдове earthenware, pottery, crockery* * *глѝнен,прил. clay (attr.), of clay, earthen; \глинена лула clay pipe; \глинена пръст clay loam; \глинени съдове earthenware, pottery, crockery.* * *earthen; fictile* * *1. clay (attr.);of clay, earthen 2. ГЛИНЕНa лула a clay pipe 3. ГЛИНЕНa пръст clay loam: ГЛИНЕНи съдове earthenware, pottery, crockery -
19 грънчарски
potteryгрънчарска глина potter's clayгрънчарска пещ a pottery ovenгрънчарска работилница pottery, a potters workshopгрънчарско колело a potter's wheelгрънчарски изделия earthenware* * *грънча̀рски,прил., -а, -о, -и potter’s; fictile; \грънчарскиа глина potter’s clay; \грънчарскиа пещ pottery oven; \грънчарскиа работилница pottery, potter’s workshop; \грънчарскии изделия earthenware; \грънчарскио колело aotter’s wheel.* * *ceramic* * *1. pottery 2. грънчарска глина potter's clay 3. грънчарска пещ a pottery оvеn 4. грънчарска работилница pottery, a potters workshop 5. грънчарски изделия earthenware 6. грънчарско колело a potter's wheel -
20 חרס
clay, clay pottery; broken clay pottery, potsherd, shard
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pottery — [n] containers made from clay; clay art ceramics, crockery, earthenware, firing, glazing, porcelain, porcelainware, stoneware, terra cotta; concepts 174,259,494 … New thesaurus
pottery — ► NOUN (pl. potteries) 1) articles made of fired clay. 2) the craft or profession of making such ware. 3) a factory or workshop where such ware is made … English terms dictionary
pottery — [pät′ər ē] n. pl. potteries [LME poterye < MFr poterie < potier, potter < pot, POT1] 1. a place where earthenware is made; potter s workshop or factory 2. the art or occupation of a potter; ceramics 3. pots, bowls, dishes, etc. made of… … English World dictionary
clay — [n] workable earth material adobe, argil, argillaceous earth, bole, brick, china material, clunch, earth, kaolin, loam, loess, marl, mud, porcelain material, pottery, slip, terra cotta, till, wacke; concept 509 … New thesaurus
clay — ► NOUN 1) a sticky impermeable earth that can be moulded when wet and baked to make bricks and pottery. 2) literary the substance of the human body. DERIVATIVES clayey adjective. ORIGIN Old English, related to CLEAVE(Cf. ↑cleave) and CLIMB … English terms dictionary