clayey

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   containing a large amount of clay, or having the dense, sticky qualities of clay

   The clayey soil held water after several days of rain.

2. 2
   adj

   covered or stained with clay

   The archaeologist brushed the clayey residue from the fragment.

Common collocations

• clayey soil Adjective + noun

From Middle English forms such as cleyy and cleyye, ultimately from Old English claeg (clay), with the adjective-forming suffix -y. It is the inherited adjective meaning claylike or rich in clay.

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