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claymation

UK/ˈkleɪˌmeɪ.ʃən/

claymation noun: stop-motion animation where each animated piece is made from a deformable substance, typically Plasticine clay.

Noun (1)

claymation (countable and uncountable, plural claymations)

  1. Stop-motion animation where each animated piece is made from a deformable substance, typically Plasticine clay.
    • As my friends deserted our weekend movie-making for more teenagerly pastimes, I had turned to the cold, clean world of claymation and animated LEGOs.2011, Philips Patton, Angela, page 286
    • The fact that the Swedish artist undertakes these explorations in claymation – a medium one might assume to have reached its erotic climax with Gromit operating a sexy bunny marionette in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – adds a healthy dose of the ridiculous.2017 March 28, Hettie Judah, “Bondage crocodiles and a buttock moon: the world's weirdest claymations”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Noun (2) capitalized: Claymation

Claymation (countable and uncountable, plural Claymations)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of claymation.

Forms of claymation

pluralclaymations
pluralClaymations

Origin of claymation

A blend of clay + animation. Originally registered as a trademark by American animator Will Vinton in 1978, then entered the English language as a genericized trademark.

Words formed from claymation

Questions about claymation

What does claymation mean?
Claymation means stop-motion animation where each animated piece is made from a deformable substance, typically Plasticine clay.
What part of speech is claymation?
Claymation is a noun.
How do you pronounce claymation?
Claymation is pronounced /ˈkleɪˌmeɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of claymation?
The plural of claymation is claymations.

Words near claymation in the dictionary

  1. Claymans
  2. claymate
  3. claymated
  4. claymates
  5. claymating
  6. claymation
  7. claymations
  8. claymed
  9. claymen
  10. clayming
  11. claymore

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