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clayish

clayish adjective: resembling clay.

Adjective

clayish (comparative more clayish, superlative most clayish)

  1. Resembling clay.
  2. Containing clay.

Synonyms of clayish

Forms of clayish

comparativemore clayish
superlativemost clayish

Origin of clayish

From clay + -ish.

Words formed from clayish

Questions about clayish

What does clayish mean?
Clayish means resembling clay.
What part of speech is clayish?
Clayish is an adjective.

Words near clayish in the dictionary

  1. clayier
  2. clayiest
  3. clayiness
  4. claying
  5. claying up
  6. clayish
  7. clayishness
  8. claykicker
  9. claykickers
  10. clayless
  11. claylike

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