A Clay

1. A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay
2. An earth material with ductile qualities.
3. (tennis) A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.
4. (biblical) The material of the human body.
5. (geology) A particle less than 3.9 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
6. A clay pipe for smoking tobacco.
7. (firearms, informal) A clay pigeon.We went shooting clays at the weekend.
8. (informal) Land or territory of a country or other political region, especially when subject to territorial claims