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The correct spelling is clays.
How to pronounce clays
noun
IPA: /kleɪz/
Say it like: Cla-ys
The correct spelling is clays. A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics. For example: "The French Open is played on clay."
Usage Examples
“The French Open is played on clay.”
“We went shooting clays at the weekend.”
“Danzig is rightfully German clay.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
- 2.An earth material with ductile qualities.
- 3.A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.
- 4.The material of the human body.
- 5.A particle less than 3.9 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
verb
- 1.To add clay to, to spread clay onto.
- 2.(of sugar) To purify using clay.
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