clay vs dust

clay

noun
  • The material of the human body. 

  • A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics. 

  • A moth, Mythimna ferrago 

  • A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate. 

  • A clay pigeon. 

  • A clay pipe for smoking tobacco. 

  • Land or territory of a country or other political region, especially when subject to territorial claims 

  • An earth material with ductile qualities. 

  • A particle less than 3.9 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale. 

verb
  • To purify using clay. 

  • To add clay to, to spread clay onto. 

dust

noun
  • The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body. 

  • The act of cleaning by dusting. 

  • Submicron particles in outer space, largely silicates and carbon compounds, that contribute greatly to extinction at visible wavelengths. 

  • A disturbance or uproar. 

  • A low or mean condition. 

  • Something worthless. 

  • Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, etc. 

  • The earth, as the resting place of the dead. 

  • A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure. 

verb
  • To remove dust; to clean by removing dust. 

  • To spray or cover something with fine powder or liquid. 

  • To leave; to rush off. 

  • To kill. 

  • Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth. 

  • To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate. 

  • To remove dust from. 

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