- clay bricks
- rectangular-shaped clay block used for building
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clay — clay1 claylike, adj. /klay/, n. 1. a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc. 2. earth; mud. 3. earth, esp. regarded as the material from… … Universalium
Clay — /klay/, n. 1. Bertha M. (Charlotte Monica Braeme), 1836 84, English author: originator of a long series of romantic novels. 2. Cassius Marcellus, 1810 1903, U.S. antislavery leader and diplomat. 3. Cassius Marcellus, Jr., original name of… … Universalium
Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve — is state park of the U.S. state of New York, located near the southwestern shore of Staten Island. It is the only state park located on Staten Island. The park is a 260 acre (1.1 km2) nature preserve, comprising wetlands, ponds, sand barrens … Wikipedia
Clay Pit Pond (Belmont, Massachusetts) — Clay Pit Pond Clay Pit Pond, looking west Location Belmont, Massachusetts Coordinates … Wikipedia
clay´like´ — clay «klay», noun. 1. a sticky kind of earth that can be easily shaped when wet and hardens when it is dried or baked. Bricks and dishes are made from various kinds of clay. »Figurative. The pupil is but clay in the hands of his tutor. 2. earth;… … Useful english dictionary
Bricks — may refer to: * Brick, an artificial stone made by forming clay into rectangular blocks * BRICKS (software), an EC funded, open source software framework for digital libraries … Wikipedia
clay — [kleı] n [U] [: Old English; Origin: clAg] a type of heavy sticky earth that can be used for making pots, bricks etc →feet of clay at ↑foot1 (27) … Dictionary of contemporary English
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
clay — [klā] n. [ME clei < OE clæg < IE base * glei , to stick together > CLAMMY, Ger klei, mud, L glus,GLUE] 1. a) a firm, fine grained earth, plastic when wet, composed chiefly of hydrous aluminum silicate minerals: it is produced by the… … English World dictionary
Clay pit — A clay pit is a quarry or mine for the extraction of clay, which is generally used for manufacturing pottery, bricks or Portland cement. The brickyard or brickworks is often located alongside the clay pit to reduce the transport costs of the raw… … Wikipedia
