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| ABC soil |
a soil made up of three distinct layers, the A, or top layer, being humus and organic matter, the B layer being clay and oxidized material, and the C layer being loose rock and mineral materials. |
| adobe |
a building material of clay mixed with straw that has been dried by the sun and made into bricks. [1/2 definitions] |
| argillaceous |
of or containing clay or its components. |
| armature |
in sculpture, a framework providing a core for modeling materials such as wax, clay, and plaster. [1/4 definitions] |
| biscuit |
clay or porcelain that has been fired but not glazed. (See bisque2.) [1/4 definitions] |
| bisque2 |
clay or porcelain that has been fired but not glazed. (See biscuit.) |
| boccie |
a form of lawn bowling, originating in Italy, played with wooden balls on a long narrow court of dirt, clay, or sand. |
| bone china |
a fine type of white porcelain produced by mixing bone ash or calcium phosphate with the clay. |
| breccia |
rock consisting of sharp-angled fragments of older rocks cemented together in sandstone, clay, or the like. |
| brick |
a very hard block of clay. People use bricks to make walls. |
| caliche |
a deposit of sand or clay in arid regions that is cemented by calcium carbonate and other soluble minerals. |
| cement |
a powder made of clay and rock that becomes hard when you add water. Cement is used as a building material. |
| ceramic |
of or having to do with objects made of baked clay. |
| chimney pot |
a pipe, usu. of clay, fitted to the top of a chimney to improve the draft. |
| churchwarden |
a long-stemmed smoking pipe made of clay. [1/3 definitions] |
| clay |
a kind of wet earth that becomes hard when you heat it. You use clay to make bricks, pots, and other things. |
| clay pigeon |
a clay disk used as a target in trapshooting. |
| clod |
a lump of earth or clay. [1/2 definitions] |
| conté |
a hard crayon of clay and graphite, usu. of a dark color such as brown or black. |
| crock |
a container made of clay. |
| cruse |
a small, usu. clay container for holding liquids such as oil or wine. |
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