lump of clay

collocation in English

meaningsoflumpandclay

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lump
noun[C]
uk
/lʌmp/us
/lʌmp/
a piece of a solid substance, usually with no ...
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clay
noun[U]
uk
/kleɪ/us
/kleɪ/
thick, heavy soil that is soft when wet, and hard when dry or baked, used for making bricks ...
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(Definition oflumpandclayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Hughes gives the example of alumpofclay.
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Thelumpofclayshould be distinguished from the statue because they have different persistence conditions.
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The original "bulla" was alumpofclaymoulded around a cord and stamped with a seal.
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What is the relationship between, for instance, a statue and thelumpofclayfrom which it is made.
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The belief is that man is born formless like alumpofclay.
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It was very exciting because thislumpofclaywe modelled with a fairly neutral expression came to life.
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Her hand still contains alumpofclaythat was used to anchor her bow.
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A newborn child is like alumpofclay.
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A softlumpofclaywould then be placed on the string and impressed with a signet ring or pendant bearing the seal of the sender.
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The sculptor/architect has, figuratively speaking, taken all the previous designs in hand and compressed their contours as if the building were alumpofclay.
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For example, the creature editor allows the player to take what looks like alumpofclaywith a spine and mold it into a creature.
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The designer may attach a roughlumpofclayon the main figure as a temporary head while the real head is sculpted on a separate armature.
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Small shaped and fired lumps of clay with pecked and impressed decoration in our hands moved from one category to another, never truly belonging (figure 8).
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Will you take it in lumps of clay or in fields, and if so, what are you going to do with it?
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Finds at the site included fired lumps of clay, suggestive of the idea that clay pipes and other artifacts were made here.
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Not only will professional ceramicists be demonstrating how they turn lumps of clay into works of art, but visitors can receive a one-on-one demonstration and create their own pieces.
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