clayey

Speech parts

1. clayey - Adjective

2. clayey - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Consisting of clay; abounding with clay; partaking of clay; like clay.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

heavy cloggy argillaceous adobe marly clay walrus hard plastic compact grave WET dense ceramic sticky
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Antonyms

sandy loose fragile lax sickly bloodless
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Related terms

clayed clayishness unclayed

Phrases with the word

clayey sandstone clayey shale calcareous-clayey chalky-clayey

Anagrams

Cayley

Examples

Heavy, clayey soils hold more water with less nutrient-leaching. The structural aggregates of heavy soils retain nutrients but allow water to drain around them. Light soils are extremely sensitive to excess water. Ken Kern

argillaceous rocks Source: Internet

the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated Source: Internet

Between these ridges are depressions filled with limestone and clayey sand capable of supporting vegetation after a rain. Source: Internet

Its red, laterite, dense clayey soils retain water well, which limits their agricultural potential for many crops, but is ideal for keeping water in paddy fields and local village reservoirs. Source: Internet

To the west, between the ocean and the plateaus, are alternating areas of clayey plains (regs) and sand dunes (ergs), some of which shift from place to place, gradually moved by high winds. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

clayed clayen clayes clayey sandstone clayey shale clayeyness