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hlína — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ceramic adj Made from clay or a similar material hardened by intense heat.
  • clay noun A fine-grained, sticky earth that becomes pliable when wet and hardens when fired or dried — used for pottery, bricks, and sculpture.
  • earth name The planet we live on, third from the Sun.
  • loam noun A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.

Senses

hlína is used for these senses in English:

  • ceramic (uncountable) A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material, usually made from a material, such as clay, then firing it at a high temperature.
  • clay A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
  • earth (uncountable) Soil.
  • loam (geology) A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.

ceramic — full definition

  1. adj Made from clay or a similar material hardened by intense heat.
  2. noun A hard material made by firing clay or minerals at high temperature.
  3. noun An object made from such material.

clay — full definition

  1. noun A fine-grained, sticky earth that becomes pliable when wet and hardens when fired or dried — used for pottery, bricks, and sculpture.
  2. noun A tennis court surface made of crushed stone or brick.

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