wet clay

collocation in English

meaningsofwetandclay

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wet
adjective
uk
/wet/us
/wet/
covered in water or ...
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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 ofwetandclayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We challenged a little fellow who was carryingwetclay.
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The dampness struck up from thewetclaybeneath.
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They were created by firing a comblike tool that stamped the designs on towetclay.
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The images were made by stamping or rolling the seals intowetclay.
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Cuneiform literally means wedge-shaped, due to the triangular tip of the stylus used for impressing signs onwetclay.
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Women would use ground mussel shell as a tempering agent, it was added towetclayand finely kneaded in.
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Some decoration of the clay was done at this stage by incising, defenstrating, adding shapes, or stamping designs into thewetclay.
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Properly cased leather feels cool to the touch, and has the feel, of firm,wetclay.
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Many species in this genus prefer wet sandy soils, though some are semi-aquatic and others are adapted towetclaysoils.
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Textile impression made intowetclaygive the oldest proof of the existence of weaving by humans.
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That night, as the town settled in for sleep, the unstablewetclaysoil suddenly began to move.
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These blocks did not sufficiently harden like concrete, maintaining a consistency ofwetclay.
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Often their wheels get stuck in a little bowl created bywetclaythat dried, and the irrigation machines come to a standstill.
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Cords, textiles, baskets, and corncobs have been rolled overwetclay, both as a decoration and to improve heat dispersion in cooking pots.
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The unglazed or body glazed version has the color mixed into thewetclayso the color runs through them.
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Wetclaywas tempered with particles of dry clay to prevent cracking during firing.
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It also spreads by means of rhizomes that have been observed to penetrate 4 meters intowetclaysoil, spreading laterally in multiple layers.
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To reach the mouth of the cavern one must use ropes because the wall has no steps, and is covered with loose rock,wetclay, and moss.
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Like bricks, they were formed ofwetclayin a four-sided mould, often shaped with a piece of wire, and then baked in an oven or kiln.
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Hollins became inactive later in life, due to his suffering from rheumatism, which was perhaps caused by prolonged working withwetclayin a cold studio.
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