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English noun: clay | |||
| 1. | clay (substance) a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dirt, soil | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adobe, argil, bentonite, china clay, china stone, daub, fireclay, kaolin, kaoline, Kitty Litter, pipeclay, porcelain clay, potter's clay, potter's earth, red clay, terra alba, terra alba | ||
| Substance holonym | atomic number 14, Si, silicon | ||
| Substance meronym | brick, clayware, pottery, roofing tile, tile | ||
| 2. | clay (substance) water soaked soil; soft wet earth | ||
| Synonyms | mud | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dirt, soil | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bleaching clay, bleaching earth, mire, mud pie, slop | ||
| 3. | Clay (person) United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978) | ||
| Synonyms | Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon Clay | ||
| Instance hypernym | full general, general | ||
| 4. | Clay (person) United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852) | ||
| Synonyms | Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser | ||
| Instance hypernym | pol, political leader, politician, politico | ||
| 5. | clay (body) the dead body of a human being | ||
| Samples | The cadaver was intended for dissection. The end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse. The murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river. Honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay. | ||
| Synonyms | cadaver, corpse, remains, stiff | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | body, dead body | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cremains | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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