clay meaning and definition

CLAY noun

Definition of clay (noun)

1. a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
2. water soaked soil; soft wet earth
   • synonyms: mud
3. United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)
   • synonyms: Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon Clay
4. United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
   • synonyms: Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser
5. the dead body of a human being
   • "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"
   • synonyms: cadaver, corpse, remains, stiff