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1. clay - noun

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

Hypernym(s): soil, dirt

2. clay - noun

· water soaked soil; soft wet earth

Synonym(s): mud

Hypernym(s): soil, dirt

3. clay - noun

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

Synonym(s): Clay, Lucius_Clay, Lucius_DuBignon_Clay

4. clay - noun

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

Synonym(s): Clay, Henry_Clay, the_Great_Compromiser

5. clay - noun

· 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"

Synonym(s): cadaver, corpse, stiff, remains

Hypernym(s): body, dead_body

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