Clay vs. Ceramic

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Claynoun

A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.

Claynoun

An earth material with ductile qualities.

Claynoun

(tennis) A tennis court surface.

Claynoun

(biblical) The material of the human body.

Claynoun

(geology) A particle less than 3.9 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.

Claynoun

A clay pipe for smoking tobacco.

Claynoun

A clay pigeon.

Claynoun

(informal) Land or territory of a country or other political region.

Clayverb

(transitive) To add clay to, to spread clay onto.

Clayverb

To purify using clay.

Claynoun

A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part, of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities.

Claynoun

Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles.

Clayverb

To cover or manure with clay.

Clayverb

To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar.

Claynoun

a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired

Claynoun

water soaked soil; soft wet earth

Claynoun

United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)

Claynoun

United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)

Claynoun

the dead body of a human being

Claynoun

a stiff, sticky fine-grained earth that can be moulded when wet, and is dried and baked to make bricks, pottery, and ceramics

Claynoun

sediment with particles smaller than silt, typically less than 0.002 mm.

Claynoun

a hardened clay surface for a tennis court

Claynoun

the substance of the human body

Claynoun

a European moth with yellowish-brown wings.

Clay

Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals. Clays develop plasticity when wet, due to a molecular film of water surrounding the clay particles, but become hard, brittle and non–plastic upon drying or firing.

Ceramicadjective

Made of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.

Ceramicnoun

(uncountable) A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material.

Ceramicnoun

(countable) An object made of this material

Ceramicadjective

Of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware; as, ceramic products; ceramic ornaments for ceilings.

Ceramicnoun

an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures

Ceramicadjective

of or relating to or made from a ceramic;

Ceramicadjective

made of clay and permanently hardened by heat

Ceramicadjective

relating to ceramic articles

Ceramicnoun

pots and other articles made from clay hardened by heat

Ceramicnoun

the art of making ceramic articles.

Ceramicnoun

the material from which ceramics are made

Ceramicnoun

any non-metallic solid which remains hard when heated.

Ceramic

A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing a nonmetallic mineral, such as clay, at a high temperature. Common examples are earthenware, porcelain, and brick.

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