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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

  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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