Meaning & use
clay
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A fine-grained, sticky earth material that becomes plastic when wet and hardens when fired or dried, used in pottery and construction.
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The children molded animal shapes out of clay in art class.
The riverbank was thick with clay after the heavy rains.
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Used figuratively to describe something easily shaped or influenced, as in "clay in someone's hands."
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