clay

/klˈeɪ/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
2. water soaked soil; soft wet earth
3. United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)
4. United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
5. the dead body of a human being
   “the cadaver was intended for dissection”

Synonyms for clay

• mud
• Lucius Clay
• Lucius DuBignon Clay
• Henry Clay
• the Great Compromiser
• cadaver
• corpse
• stiff
• remains

Words that rhyme with clay

• play
• stay
• gray
• away
• grey
• way
• pay
• say
• bay
• day
• ray
• k
• lay
• spray
• survey
• decay
• display
• convey
• fillet
• gay
• relay
• array
• betray
• delay
• replay
• stray
• sway
• filet
• throwaway
• weigh