CLAY
Scrabble letter values: C3L1A1Y4 = 9
Definition
- noun a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired.
- noun water soaked soil. — synonyms: mud
- noun United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978). — synonyms: Lucius_Clay, Lucius_DuBignon_Clay
- noun United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852). — synonyms: Henry_Clay, the_Great_Compromiser
- noun the dead body of a human being. — synonyms: cadaver, corpse, stiff, remains
Examples
- “soft wet earth”
- “the cadaver was intended for dissection”
- “the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse”