Definitions for clayey

clayey clay·ey

Spelling: [kley-ee]
IPA: /ˈkleɪ i/

Clayey is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 62 anagrams from letters in clayey (acelyy).

Definitions for clayey

adjective

  1. covered or smeared with clay.
  2. like or resembling clay.
  3. full of or abounding in clay.

Origin of clayey

before 1050; Middle English cleii, Old English clǣig; see clay1, -ey1

Examples for clayey

If our soil is clayey the whole top dressing will be hoed off.

The result is a clayey soil, less favorable to wheat and Indian corn.

This clayey stuff is what I've longed for—I know what is behind it.

My new clothes was all greased up and clayey, and I was dog-tired.

clayey soils are composed of fine particles that adhere to each other.

The road was cream-white—a clayey kind of earth, apparently.

The insect first digs in the clayey earth a recess with an oval curve to it.

It is greater in loamy and clayey soils; but is still small.

Use of clayey gravel or an accumulation of dirt on the surface.

The soil of the Pampa is clayey and soft in the districts near the river.

Word Value for clayey
Scrable

14

Words with friends

14

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