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fireclay

fireclay is the alternative spelling of fire clay.

Meaning of fire clay

Noun

fire clay (countable and uncountable, plural fire clays)

  1. a type of clay that is able to withstand intense heat; used to make firebricks, crucibles, and other ceramics

Forms of fireclay

pluralfireclays

Questions about fireclay

What is fireclay the alternative spelling of?
Fireclay is the alternative spelling of fire clay.

Words near fireclay in the dictionary

  1. firecall
  2. firecalls
  3. firecan
  4. firecans
  5. firechief
  6. fireclay
  7. fireclays
  8. firecoal
  9. firecock
  10. firecocks
  11. firecracker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fireclay (page history and authors); fire clay (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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