Clay vs. Mud

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.

Mudnoun

A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.

Mudnoun

A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall.

Mudnoun

(construction industry slang) Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.

Mudnoun

(figuratively) Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.

Mudnoun

(slang) Money, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business.

Mudnoun

stool that is exposed as a result of anal sex

Mudnoun

(geology) A particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale

Mudnoun

A black person.

Mudverb

(transitive) To make muddy or dirty; to apply mud to (something).

Mudverb

(transitive) To make turbid.

Mudverb

To participate in a MUD or multi-user dungeon.

Mudnoun

Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.

Mudverb

To bury in mud.

Mudverb

To make muddy or turbid.

Mudnoun

water soaked soil; soft wet earth

Mudnoun

slanderous remarks or charges

Mudverb

soil with mud, muck, or mire;

Mudverb

plaster with mud

Mudnoun

a computer-based text or virtual reality game which several players play at the same time, interacting with each other as well as with characters controlled by the computer.

Mud

Mud is soil, loam, silt or clay mixed with water. It usually forms after rainfall or near water sources.