claynoun [ U ]
uk/kleɪ/us/kleɪ/thick, heavy soil that is soft when wet, and hard when dry or baked, used for making bricks and containers
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Soil
- aerator
- boulder clay
- chalk
- dirt
- grit
- ground
- heavy
- laterite
- limy
- loam
- mudslide
- ooze
- ore
- peat bog
- sandy
- sediment
- sludge
- soil science
- topsoil
- worm cast
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clayey
adjective uk/ˈkleɪ.i/us/ˈkleɪ.i/
containing a lot of clay:
clayey soil