Synonyms for Clay (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (water soaked soil; soft wet earth):
mud
WordNet sense 2 (United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)):
Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser
WordNet sense 3 (United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)):
Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon Clay
WordNet sense 4 (the dead body of a human being):
cadaver, corpse, remains, stiff
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