clay

Soft, sticky earth that becomes hard when heated and is used to make pots and bricks.

• This pot is made of clay.
• She shaped the wet clay with her hands.
• The garden has heavy clay soil.

Common phrases: wet clay, clay pot, clay soil, soft clay

Land that people claim belongs to a particular country or group.

• They called the island their rightful clay.
• The meme described the region as disputed clay.
• Online nationalists argued about whose clay the valley was.

Similar words: territory, land

Common phrases: rightful clay, national clay, disputed clay