Clayey Synonyms and Antonyms

klāē
Resembling or containing clay
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. argillaceous
Antonyms:
  1. arenaceous
(used of soil) compact and fine-grained
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. cloggy
  2. heavy

Words Related to Clayey

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Clayey Sentence Examples

  • The soil is a clayey or a sandy loam, and very fertile except in the Usar tracts, where there is a saline efflorescence.

  • The buildings, which are mostly of red brick, are conspicuous against the gray clayey and sandy soil.

  • The low clayey or sandy shores are subject to erosion by waves.

  • The ground was originally a Roman Cemetery, and about the year 1576 bricks were largely made from the clayey earth, the recollection of which is kept alive in the name of Brick Lane.

  • About two-thirds of the ore mined is clayey siderite.

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