clay
Because it is a word with a single syllable, clay is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofclay
- A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
- An earth material with ductile qualities.
- A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.
Example: "The French Open is played on clay."
- The material of the human body.
- A particle less than 3.9 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- A clay pipe for smoking tobacco.
- A clay pigeon.
Example: "We went shooting clays at the weekend."
- Land or territory of a country or other political region, especially when subject to territorial claims
Example: "Danzig is rightfully German clay."
- To add clay to, to spread clay onto.
- (of sugar) To purify using clay.
Example: "1809, Jonathan Williams, On the Process of Claying Sugar, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Volume 6."
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