red clay

noun

, Geology.

1. a brown to red, widely distributed deep-sea deposit consisting chiefly of microscopic particles and tinted red by iron oxides and manganese.

Other Words From

• red-clay adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of red clay¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

Our house was on a red clay road, next to a pine woods and a saw mill.

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We waited and waited, and Boris, growing restless, wandered about, fussing with modelling wax and red clay.

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On the red clay in Paris, Nadal defeated Roger Federer in four sets to win the French Open.

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She recently opened her latest venture, the homey Chestnut Hill eatery Red Clay.

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Man was made by Tiki, who took red clay, and kneaded it with his own blood, or with the red water of swamps.

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"Let us try going forward," he said; and they struggled in the red clay along the groove a man's nailed boots had made.

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Quinton Edge himself was sitting at the corner of the fireplace smoking a red-clay pipe with a reed stem.

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When he came to the edge of the wet, red clay, however, he straightened himself and looked about him.

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This in former days was procured from a deep red clay known as ela-wt, or reddish brown clay.

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