clay

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.
• (tennis) A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.
• (biblical) The material of the human body.
• (geology) A particle less than 3.9 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
• A clay pipe for smoking tobacco.
• (firearms) A clay pigeon.
• (informal) Land or territory of a country or other political region, especially when subject to territorial claims