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clay

 
 
/kleɪ/ noun [U]

Translation

a type of heavy soil that becomes hard when dry, used for making things such as bricks and containers
kil
a clay pot395
(Definition of clay noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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