Noun clay has 5 senses
  1. clay - a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
    --1 is a kind of
    soil, dirt
    --1 is a substance of brick; tile, roofing tile; pottery, clayware
    --1 has substances: silicon, Si, atomic number 14
    --1 has particulars:
     adobe; argil; china clay, china stone, kaolin, kaoline, porcelain clay, terra alba; red clay; pipeclay, terra alba; bentonite; fireclay; Kitty Litter; potter's clay, potter's earth; daub
  2. mud, clay - water soaked soil; soft wet earth
    --2 is a kind of soil, dirt
    --2 has particulars: bleaching clay, bleaching earth; mud pie
  3. Clay, Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon Clay - United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)
    --3 is a kind of general, full general
  4. Clay, Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser - United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
    --4 is a kind of politician, politico, pol, political leader
  5. cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains - the dead body of a human being
    --5 is a kind of body, dead body
    --5 has particulars: cremains
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