Clayey Definition

klāē
clayier, clayiest
adjective
clayier, clayiest
Of, smeared with, or full of clay.
Webster's New World
Like clay.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Clayey

Adjective

Base Form:
clayey
Comparative:
clayier
Superlative:
clayiest

Origin of Clayey

  • From clay +‎ -y.

    From Wiktionary

Clayey Sentence Examples

  • The soil is a clayey or a sandy loam, and very fertile except in the Usar tracts, where there is a saline efflorescence.

  • The buildings, which are mostly of red brick, are conspicuous against the gray clayey and sandy soil.

  • The low clayey or sandy shores are subject to erosion by waves.

  • The ground was originally a Roman Cemetery, and about the year 1576 bricks were largely made from the clayey earth, the recollection of which is kept alive in the name of Brick Lane.

  • About two-thirds of the ore mined is clayey siderite.

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Words Starting With

CCLCLA

Words Ending With

YEYYEY

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clayey

Words Starting With C and Ending With Y

Starts With C & Ends With YStarts With CL & Ends With YStarts With C & Ends With EY

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With C6 Letter Words Ending With Y