Tom worked the clay into a vase.
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Clay
//kleɪ//
Synonyms for "clay" (199 found)
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Closest matches (40)
Strong matches (60)
deaddead bodydead mandead persondeceaseddecedentdeparteddirtdoughdowndry bonesdry landdusteartheiderdownembalmed corpseenamelfallen humanityfeatherfeather bed
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feathersfigurefireclayfleecefleshflossflueflufffluxfoamfood for wormsformframefreeholdgeneration of mangenus homoglazeglebegrasslandgreat compromisergroundgumbohominidhominidaehomohomo sapienshookahhubble-bubblehulkhuman familyhuman naturehuman racehuman specieshumanityhumankindkaolinkapoklandlandholdinglandholdings
Related words (99)
late lamentedle genre humainlithospherelucius dubignon claymanmankindmarginal landmarlmaterial bodymeerschaummineralmiremissouri meerschaummoldmortal fleshmortal remainsmortalitymortalsmouldmoulder
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mouldymuckmummificationmummynargilehoozeorganic remainspeace pipepersonpetuntsephysical bodyphysiquepillowpipepipe cleanerpipe rackplasterplushporcelainporcelain claypuddingpuffputtyrace of manreal estatereal propertyrefractoryrefractory clayregionregolithrelicsreliquiaeremainsrubbersatinsilkskeletonslimeslipslobslopsloshsludgeslushsodsoilsomasquashstiffsubaerial depositsubsoilswansdownswilltenement of clayterraterra firmaterrainterritorythe countrythe deadthe deceasedthe defunctthe departedthe loved onethistledowntobacco pipetobacco pouchtopsoiltorsotrunkvelvetwater pipewaxwoodlandwoolzephyr
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255 translations across 169 languages.
Adyghe
1 entries- етӏагъу noun (mineral substance)
Aghwan
1 entries- 𐕆𐕒𐔾 noun (mineral substance)
Ainu
1 entries- ヌンペネトイ noun (mineral substance)
Akkadian
1 entries- 𒅎 noun (mineral substance)
Albanian
3 entries- argjilë noun (mineral substance)
- deltinë noun (mineral substance)
- lismë noun (mineral substance)
Amharic
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Ancient Greek
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- ἄργιλλος noun (mineral substance)
Arabic
2 entries- صَلْصَال noun (mineral substance)
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Aragonese
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Armenian
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Aromanian
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Assamese
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Asturian
1 entries- arciella noun (mineral substance)
Aymara
1 entries- llink'i laq'a noun (mineral substance)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- gil noun (mineral substance)
Bashkir
1 entries- балсыҡ noun (mineral substance)
Basque
1 entries- buztin noun (mineral substance)
Belarusian
1 entries- глі́на noun (mineral substance)
Bengali
1 entries- মৃত্তিকা noun (mineral substance)
Bulgarian
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- корт noun (tennis court surface)
Burmese
1 entries- ရွှံ့ noun (mineral substance)
Buryat
1 entries- шабар noun (mineral substance)
Campidanese Sardinian
2 entries- tuvulu noun (mineral substance)
- tùvula noun (mineral substance)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- гли́на noun (mineral substance)
Catalan
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- argila noun (tennis court surface)
- fang noun (mineral substance)
Central Kurdish
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Cherokee
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Chinese
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Chinese Cantonese
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Chinese Mandarin
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Chuvash
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Crimean Tatar
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Czech
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Danish
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Dari
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Dutch
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Eastern Bontoc
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- oknet noun (mineral substance)
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Eastern Mari
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Esperanto
1 entries- argilo noun (mineral substance)
Estonian
1 entries- savi noun (mineral substance)
Ewe
1 entries- anyi noun (mineral substance)
Faroese
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Finnish
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Fon
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French
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Galician
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- lar noun (mineral substance)
- toba noun (mineral substance)
Gallurese
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Georgian
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German
4 entries- Asche noun (tennis court surface)
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Gothic
1 entries- 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐍉 noun (mineral substance)
Greek
3 entries- άργιλος noun (mineral substance)
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Gun
2 entries- kò noun (mineral substance)
- okò noun (mineral substance)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- ajil noun (mineral substance)
Hawaiian
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Hebrew
2 entries- חומר \ חֹמֶר noun (mineral substance)
- טִיט noun (mineral substance)
Hindi
2 entries- चिकनी मिट्टी noun (mineral substance)
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Hungarian
1 entries- agyag noun (mineral substance)
Icelandic
1 entries- leir noun (mineral substance)
Ido
1 entries- argilo noun (mineral substance)
Ifè
1 entries- amà noun (mineral substance)
Ilocano
1 entries- pila noun (mineral substance)
Indonesian
1 entries- tanah liat noun (mineral substance)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- خاکِ رُس noun (mineral substance)
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Irish
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Italian
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Itsekiri
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Japanese
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Javanese
1 entries- lempung noun (mineral substance)
Jeju
1 entries- ᄎᆞᆫ흑 noun (mineral substance)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- baru noun (mineral substance)
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Kalmyk
1 entries- шавр noun (mineral substance)
Kannada
4 entries- ಅಡುಸು noun (mineral substance)
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Kashubian
1 entries- glëna noun (mineral substance)
Kazakh
1 entries- балшық noun (mineral substance)
Khmer
1 entries- ដីឥដ្ឋ noun (mineral substance)
Komi-Zyrian
1 entries- сёй noun (mineral substance)
Korean
2 entries- 점토 noun (mineral substance)
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Kyrgyz
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Ladino
1 entries- barro noun (mineral substance)
Lao
1 entries- ດິນເຜົາ noun (mineral substance)
Latin
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Latvian
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Limburgish
2 entries- klei noun (mineral substance)
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Lithuanian
1 entries- molis noun (mineral substance)
Lokono
1 entries- waya noun (mineral substance)
Lombard
1 entries- terra crea noun (mineral substance)
Low German
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Lower Sorbian
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Lubuagan Kalinga
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Luxembourgish
1 entries- Leem noun (mineral substance)
Macedonian
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Malagasy
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Malay
2 entries- lempung noun (mineral substance)
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Malayalam
1 entries- കളിമണ്ണ് noun (mineral substance)
Maltese
1 entries- tafal noun (mineral substance)
Manx
1 entries- cray noun (mineral substance)
Marathi
2 entries- चिकणमाती noun (mineral substance)
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Mongolian
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Māori
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Navajo
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Northern Altai
1 entries- той палаш noun (mineral substance)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- kaxçîn noun (mineral substance)
Northern Mansi
1 entries- ра̄кт noun (mineral substance)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- leire noun (mineral substance)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- leire noun (mineral substance)
Occitan
1 entries- argila noun (mineral substance)
Odia
1 entries- ମାଟି noun (mineral substance)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- глина noun (mineral substance)
Old English
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Old Irish
1 entries- cré noun (mineral substance)
Oromo
1 entries- suphee noun (mineral substance)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- چامور noun (mineral substance)
Pashto
1 entries- رست noun (mineral substance)
Polabian
1 entries- glaino noun (mineral substance)
Polish
1 entries- glina noun (mineral substance)
Portuguese
2 entries- argila noun (mineral substance)
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Punjabi
1 entries- ਮਿੱਟੀ noun (mineral substance)
Quechua
1 entries- ch'aqu noun (mineral substance)
Romanian
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Russian
1 entries- гли́на noun (mineral substance)
Saanich
1 entries- SÍEK noun (mineral substance)
Samoan
1 entries- ele noun (mineral substance)
Sanskrit
1 entries- मृत्तिका noun (mineral substance)
Sardinian
3 entries- lassèdu noun (mineral substance)
- luzàna noun (mineral substance)
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Sassarese
2 entries- luzàna noun (mineral substance)
- terrasanta noun (mineral substance)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- crèadh noun (mineral substance)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- glína noun (mineral substance)
- гли́на noun (mineral substance)
Shona
1 entries- dhaga noun (mineral substance)
Sicilian
1 entries- argilla noun (mineral substance)
Sinhalese
1 entries- මැටි noun (mineral substance)
Slovak
1 entries- hlina noun (mineral substance)
Slovene
1 entries- glína noun (mineral substance)
Somali
1 entries- dhoobo noun (mineral substance)
Southern Altai
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Southern Kalinga
1 entries- pita noun (mineral substance)
Spanish
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Swazi
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Swedish
2 entries- grus noun (tennis court surface)
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Tagalog
2 entries- arsilya noun (mineral substance)
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Tajik
2 entries- гил noun (mineral substance)
- лой noun (mineral substance)
Tamil
2 entries- களி noun (mineral substance)
- களிமண் noun (mineral substance)
Tarifit
1 entries- traxt noun (mineral substance)
Tatar
1 entries- балчык noun (mineral substance)
Telugu
1 entries- బంకమన్ను noun (mineral substance)
Thai
2 entries- ดินนวล noun (mineral substance)
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Tibetan
1 entries- རྫ noun (mineral substance)
Turkish
1 entries- kil noun (mineral substance)
Turkmen
2 entries- laý noun (mineral substance)
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Tuvan
1 entries- пор noun (mineral substance)
Tuwali Ifugao
1 entries- pula noun (mineral substance)
Udmurt
1 entries- сюй noun (mineral substance)
Ukrainian
1 entries- гли́на noun (mineral substance)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- hlina noun (mineral substance)
Urdu
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- مِٹِّی noun (mineral substance)
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Uyghur
1 entries- سېغىز توپا noun (mineral substance)
Uzbek
3 entries- gil noun (mineral substance)
- loy noun (mineral substance)
- tuproq noun (mineral substance)
Venetan
1 entries- crèa noun (mineral substance)
Veps
1 entries- savi noun (mineral substance)
Vietnamese
3 entries- sét noun (mineral substance)
- đất nện noun (tennis court surface)
- đất sét noun (mineral substance)
Vilamovian
1 entries- łām noun (mineral substance)
Volapük
1 entries- taim noun (mineral substance)
Votic
1 entries- savi noun (mineral substance)
Võro
1 entries- savi noun (mineral substance)
Welsh
1 entries- clai noun (mineral substance)
Western Mari
1 entries- шун noun (mineral substance)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- bigoorn noun (mineral substance)
Yakut
1 entries- туой noun (mineral substance)
Yiddish
1 entries- ליים noun (mineral substance)
Yoruba
1 entries- amọ̀ noun (mineral substance)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Now, just let the clay slide between your fingers.
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The heat of the sun hardens clay.
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Clay is the essential ingredient in making pottery.
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