Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - clay
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Clay
clay
noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cl?g; akin to Old High German kliwa bran, Latin gluten glue, Middle Greek glia Date: before 12th century 1. a. an earthy material that is plastic when moist but hard when fired, that is composed mainly of fine particles of hydrous aluminum silicates and other minerals, and that is used for brick, tile, and pottery; specifically soil composed chiefly of this material having particles less than a specified size b. earth, mud 2. a. a substance that resembles ~ in plasticity and is used for modeling b. the human body as distinguished from the spirit c. fundamental nature or character the common ~ 3. ~ court • ~ey adjective • ~ish adjective • ~like adjective CLAY I. biographical name Henry 1777-1852 American statesman & orator II. biographical name Lucius Du Bignon 1897-1978 American general
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n. 1 a stiff sticky earth, used for making bricks, pottery, ceramics, etc. 2 poet. the substance of the human body. 3 (in full clay pipe) a tobacco-pipe made of clay. Phrases and idioms clay-pan Austral. a natural hollow in clay soil, retaining water after rain. clay pigeon a breakable disc thrown up from a trap as a target for shooting. Derivatives clayey adj. clayish adj. claylike adj. Etymology: OE cl{aelig}g f. WG ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) глина 2) пищ. обрабатывать (очищать) глиной - acid sprayed clay - activated clay - apyrous clay - attapulgous clay - baked clay - ball clay - bandy clay - bloating clay - bottling clay - brick clay - carbonaceous taphole clay - china clay - contact clay - cutty clay - deairied clay - discoloring clay - dry clay - faience clay - feldspar clay - flint clay - Florida clay - gault clay - green clay - gun clay - high-yield clay - Japanese acid clay - kaolin clay - kaolinite clay - low-yield clay - lumpy clay - make-up clay - mild clay - modeling clay - mud-making clay - percolation clay - plastic clay - porcelain clay - pottery clay - pugged clay - quick clay - red-burning clay - refractory clay - ribbon clay - rich clay - runner clay - saggar clay - sandy clay - soapy clay - soft clay - stiff clay - sweet clay - treated clay - vitrifying clay - washed clay - white clay - white-burning clay - yellow-burning clay ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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глина baked clay ball clay bleaching clay bloating clay book clay boulder clay brick clay calcareous clay china clay colloidal clay expanded clay expanding-lattice clay expansive clay fat clay fictile clay fire clay leaf clay lime clay marly clay molding clay Paulding clay plastic clay puddle clay quick clay ribbon clay rich clay sandy clay sensitive clay stiff clay thixotropic clay tough clay true clay varved clay very soft clay white clay white-burning clay ...Англо-русский строительный словарь
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1) глина глинистый 2) ил, тина 3) обмазывать глиной to clay up — метал. заделывать лётку to expand clay — вспучивать глину - basement clay - brick clay - coating clay - core clay - fat clay - fire clay - grafting clay - lean clay - modelling clay - molding clay - packing clay - porcelain clay - potter's clay - pottery clay - puddled clay - pug clay - ram clay - sinter clay - tap hole clay - tapping clay - wash clay - weather clay ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. глина, глинозем 2. ил, тина; грязь 3. возв. человеческое тело, плоть 4. прах 5. глиняная трубка to smoke a short clay —- курить короткую глиняную трубку 6. спорт. теннисный корт с глиняным покрытием Id: to moisten one's clay —- выпить, промочить горло 7. обмазывать глиной 8. спец. отбеливать глиной ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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pigeon мишень (в тире) CLAY mill глиномялка CLAY 1. noun 1) глина, глинозем 2) ил, тина 3) тело, плоть 4) poet. прах 5) глиняная трубка (тж. clay pipe) 6) attr. - clay mill to moisten ones clay - выпить, промочить горло - clay pigeon 2. v. обмазывать глиной ...Англо-русский словарь
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(clays) 1. 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. N-MASS: oft N n 2. 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. N-UNCOUNT: oft on N, N n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n heavy sticky soil that can be used for making pots, bricks etc (- see also feet of clay foot1 (22)) - clayey adj ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. clжg "stiff, sticky earth; clay," from W.Gmc. *klaijaz, from PIE base *glei "to stick together." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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