Plural of clay
regular plural
The plural of clay is clays.
Forms of clay
| Singular | clay /kleɪ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | clays /kleɪz/ |
| Countable | usually uncountable |
Clays in a sentence
- We went shooting clays at the weekend.
- This paper addresses the microstructure change induced by swelling for natural stiff Teguline clays.2016 May, Ling-Ling Zeng, Yu-Jun Cui, Nathalie Conil, Jad Zghondi, Gilles Armand, Jean Talandier, “Experimental study on swelling…. From the entry teguline
- Marlacious shales, limestones, and clays contain enough marl to give them some of its characteristics.1956, Robert William Abbett, American civil engineering practice - Volume 1, page 7-25. From the entry marlacious
- The holard of clays ranges from 20 to 60 per cent during the growing season.1929, Harvey Stallard, Secondary Succession in the Climax Forest Formations of Northern Minnesota, page 506. From the entry holard
- He also documented some intercalated mottled reddish clays and marls, and the upper horizons containing bluish clays with conglomerate beds.2015, Megh Raj Dhital, “Siwaliks of Arun–Tamar Region”, in Geology of the Nepal Himalaya: Regional Perspective of the Classic Collided…. From the entry conglomerate
Meaning of clay
- noun A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
- noun An earth material with ductile qualities.
- noun A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.
Questions about the plural of clay
- What is the plural of clay?
- The plural of clay is clays.
- Is clay countable?
- Clay is usually an uncountable noun; its plural is used for kinds or examples of it.
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