red clay
red clay
R r Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [red kley]
- /rɛd kleɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [red kley]
- /rɛd kleɪ/
Definitions of red clay words
- noun red clay a brown to red, widely distributed deep-sea deposit consisting chiefly of microscopic particles and tinted red by iron oxides and manganese. 1
- noun red clay clayey material colored red by iron oxide 0
- noun red clay a soft, reddish clay deposit, restricted to the deepest parts of the ocean bottom and containing volcanic, meteoritic, and other insoluble material 0
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Origin of red clay
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Red clay
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
red clay popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 59% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
red clay usage trend in Literature
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