argile — meaning in English
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English meaning
- clay noun A fine-grained, sticky earth that becomes pliable when wet and hardens when fired or dried — used for pottery, bricks, and sculpture.
Senses
argile is used for these senses in English:
- adobe The earth from which such bricks are made.
- clay A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
- clay (tennis) A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.
- potter's clay The clay used by a potter.
clay — full definition
- noun A fine-grained, sticky earth that becomes pliable when wet and hardens when fired or dried — used for pottery, bricks, and sculpture.
- noun A tennis court surface made of crushed stone or brick.