clay

Definition

• n. a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
• n. United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)
• n. United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)

Word forms

Plural

clays

Example sentences

1. n.

   The artist used clay to sculpt a beautiful statue.

2. n.

   The scientists tested the clay to see how it could hold water.