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How to pronounce “clay”
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Pronunciation guide for clay
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of clay with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Uplifting LGBTQ+ Voices at Pixar
I'm here to speak with Steven Clay Hunter and Max Sachar.
- Definition summary
- A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
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How to pronounce clay
Uplifting LGBTQ+ Voices at Pixar

I'm here to speak with Steven Clay Hunter and Max Sachar.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “clay”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- 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.
- (tennis) A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.
- (biblical) The material of the human body.
- (geology) A particle less than 3.9 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- A clay pipe for smoking tobacco.
- (firearms, informal) A clay pigeon.
- (Internet slang, humorous) Land or territory of a country or other political region, especially when subject to territorial claims.
- A moth, Mythimna ferrago
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To add clay to, to spread clay onto.
- (transitive, of sugar) To purify using clay.
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