clay
clay /kl'eɪ/ (clays)
1 [N-MASS] oft N n
Clay is a kind of earth that is soft when it is wet and hard when it is dry. Clay is shaped and baked to make things such as pots and bricks.
...the heavy clay soils of Cambridgeshire...
As the wheel turned, the potter shaped and squeezed the lump of clay into a graceful shape.
...a little clay pot.
2 [N-UNCOUNT] oft on N, N n
In tennis, matches played on clay are played on courts whose surface is covered with finely crushed stones or brick.
He was a clay-court specialist who won Wimbledon five times.clay pi|geon (clay pigeons)
[N-COUNT] usu N n
Clay pigeons are discs of baked clay which are thrown into the air by a machine as targets for gun shooting practice.
...hunting and clay-pigeon shooting.
1 [N-MASS] oft N n
Clay is a kind of earth that is soft when it is wet and hard when it is dry. Clay is shaped and baked to make things such as pots and bricks.
...the heavy clay soils of Cambridgeshire...
As the wheel turned, the potter shaped and squeezed the lump of clay into a graceful shape.
...a little clay pot.
2 [N-UNCOUNT] oft on N, N n
In tennis, matches played on clay are played on courts whose surface is covered with finely crushed stones or brick.
He was a clay-court specialist who won Wimbledon five times.clay pi|geon (clay pigeons)
[N-COUNT] usu N n
Clay pigeons are discs of baked clay which are thrown into the air by a machine as targets for gun shooting practice.
...hunting and clay-pigeon shooting.