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PRONUNCIATION OF CLAY PIT

clay pit  [kleɪ pɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLAY PIT

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Clay pit is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CLAY PIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

clay pit

Clay pit

A clay pit is a quarry or mine for the extraction of clay, which is generally used for manufacturing pottery, bricks or Portland cement. The brickyard or brickworks is often located alongside the clay pit to reduce the transport costs of the raw material. Today, pottery producers are often not sited near the source of their clay and usually do not own the clay deposits. The other essential raw material is fuel for firing and potteries may be located near to fuel deposits rather than the clay. Former claypits are sometimes filled with water and used for recreational purposes such as sailing and scuba diving. The Eden Project at Bodelva near St Austell, Cornwall, UK is a major redevelopment of a former china clay pit for educational and environmental purposes.

Definition of clay pit in the English dictionary

The definition of clay pit in the dictionary is a pit or mine from which clay is extracted.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CLAY PIT


armpit
ˈɑːmˌpɪt
carpet
ˈkɑːpɪt
cockpit
ˈkɒkˌpɪt
decrepit
dɪˈkrɛpɪt
drapet
ˈdræpɪt
moppet
ˈmɒpɪt
muppet
ˈmʌpɪt
pit
pɪt
Pitt
pɪt
poppit
ˈpɒpɪt
pulpit
ˈpʊlpɪt
puppet
ˈpʌpɪt
respite
ˈrɛspɪt
snippet
ˈsnɪpɪt
spit
spɪt
sumpit
ˈsʌmpɪt
tapet
ˈtæpɪt
tappet
ˈtæpɪt
trumpet
ˈtrʌmpɪt
whippet
ˈwɪpɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLAY PIT

claxon
clay
clay court
clay mineral
clay pigeon
clay pipe
clay road
clay-pigeon
clay-pigeon shooting
clay-with-flints
claybank
clayey
clayish
claylike
claymation
claymore
claypan
claystone
claytonia
clayware

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLAY PIT

barbecue pit
bear pit
borrow pit
catch pit
coal pit
gravel pit
inspection pit
lime pit
mosh pit
open pit
orchestra pit
snake pit
stone pit
the pit

Synonyms and antonyms of clay pit in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «clay pit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLAY PIT

Find out the translation of clay pit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of clay pit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «clay pit» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

粘土坑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mina de arcilla
570 millions of speakers

English

clay pit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मिट्टी गड्ढे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حفرة الطين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

глиняный карьер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

poço de argila
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাটির দলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

carrière d´argile
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lubang tanah liat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tongrube
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

粘土の穴
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

진흙 구덩이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lempung lemah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hố đất sét
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

களிமண் குழி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिकणमाती खड्डा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kil çukuru
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

clay Pit
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Cegielnia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

глиняний кар´єр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Mina de argilă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πηλό pit
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klei put
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lera grop
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

leire pit
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of clay pit

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLAY PIT»

The term «clay pit» is regularly used and occupies the 65.503 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLAY PIT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about clay pit

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLAY PIT»

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1
The Geology of the Country Around East Dereham: (Explanation ...
33 In a clay-pit a quarter of a mile N.W. of Whitwell Hall, from 4 to 8 feet or more of Boulder Clay was shown overlying brown sand. There appeared to be an anticlinal of the sand in the central part of the pit, where the overlying clay was only 4 ...
John Hopwood Blake, 1888
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Mesopotamian Protective Spirits: The Ritual Texts
As soon as you have manufactured these statues, the creatures of heaven, before Samas with appropriate care, when you make the statues, creatures of Apsu, 145 in the morning at sunrise you shall go to the clay pit and consecrate the clay ...
F. A. M. Wiggermann, 1992
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Bulletin
A, Bauers & Watkins (lint-clay pit, Rosebud, Mo.; B, Flint clay in Toelke & Heidel pit, Rosebud, Mo 144 IX. Indianaite attached to pebbly Pottsville sandstone 145 X . Map of Southeastern States showing distribution of Cretaceous and Tertiary ...
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Bulletin - United States Geological Survey
Watkins Hint clay pit, Rosebud. Mo.; B, Flint clay in Toelke & Heldel pit, Rosebud, Mo 1« IX. Inilinnaite attached to pebbly Pottsville sandstone 14.") X. Map of Southeastern States showing distribution of Cretaceous and Tertiary formations ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1921
5
Archaeologies of Materiality
Incantation: Clay pit, clay pit, you are the clay pit of Anu and Enlil, the clay pit of Ea, lord of the deep, the clay pit of the great gods; you have made the lord for lordship, you have made the king for kingship, you have made the prince for future ...
Lynn Meskell, 2008
6
Marine, Freshwater, and Wetlands Biodiversity Conservation
PC2, which describes 23.9% of total variance, is constructed mainly due to the difference between clay pit ponds 1 and 5 and all the remaining ones. Based on the loading plots, it is possible to conclude that these differences are due mainly to ...
D. L. Hawksworth, Alan T. Bull, 2007
7
High-grade Clays of the Eastern United States: With Notes on ...
A, Cox flint-clay pit north of Hofflin, Mo.; H, Sassman flint- elay pit, Owensville, Mo 103 VIII. A, Bailers & Wat kins flint-clay pit, Rosebud. Mo.; B, Flint clay in Toelke & Heldel pit. Rosebud, Mo 144 IX. Indianaite attached to pebbly Pottsvllle ...
Heinrich Ries, William Shirley Bayley, 1922
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Geological Survey Bulletin
COMPOSITION AttheStormstown clay pit (fig. 5), 11 samples were taken from a 19-m auger hole and 23 samples were taken at 3-m intervals across the 75-m exposed face of the clay pit (table 6). The grain-size composition of the 34 samples ...
9
Clays and Clay Minerals: Proceedings of the Conference
A. Kaolinite from Woodbury clay pit. 7,500 X. B, < 2/x fraction of clay from Alexandria Fire-Clay pit. Platinum shadowed at 20°. 9,600 X. C, < 4/4 fraction from Oriskany quartzite at Alexandria Fire-Clay pit. Uranium shadowed at 20°. 7,200 X. D ...
10
An attempt towards a natural history of the fossils of ...
From the lime Clay-Pit. xd. 33. Part of a Talus of another, still from the fame Clay- Pit. The Septum, adhering to the Surface of this, is shining, glossy, and appearing very much like Velvet. Tis indeed little different from that on x d. 13, and x d.
John Woodward, 1729

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLAY PIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term clay pit is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rice Park horshoe players from Hutchinson, Nickerson heading to …
Travis Morisse/ The Hutchinson N. Horseshoes are picked up from the clay pit Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at Rice Park. All about the Ringers. «Hutchinson News, Jul 15»
2
Rice Park horseshoe players from Hutchinson, Nickerson, Burrton …
Horseshoes are picked up from the clay pit Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at ... Horseshoes are picked up from the clay pit Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at ... «Hutchinson News, Jul 15»
3
Dig uncovers largest Swiss dinosaur skeleton
The head is missing from the skeleton that is otherwise intact, said Pabst, who directed the search that uncovered the remains in a clay pit. «The Local.ch, Jul 15»
4
Triassic park: oldest Swiss dinosaur skeleton found
The largest dinosaur skeleton ever found in Switzerland has been uncovered in a clay pit in northern Switzerland. The eight-metre skeleton of a ... «swissinfo.ch, Jul 15»
5
Sparks in the Park canceled due to weather
From I-30: Parkway Dr to U of A Way to Fair Park Rd. or continue on U of A Way to Clay Pit to East 50th and into the main parking lot. 2. «TXK Today, Jul 15»
6
A different kind of cruising
The multimillion-pound Eden Project, a “global garden” of landscapes, ornamental plants and crops, developed in a former china clay pit, and ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jul 15»
7
Developer lined up for Big Pit project
In complete disregard to the wishes of locals and borough and county councillors the go-ahead was given to fill in the former clay pit as a ... «Hinckley Times, Jun 15»
8
Secrets of the brickyard
The weedy clay pit shore was replaced with a real beach. Most signs of the brickyard were long forgotten about … until now. EXCAVATION. «SW News Media, Jun 15»
9
Win tickets to see Eden Project founder Sir Tim Smit in Christchurch
Sir Tim Smit will be in Christchurch to tell the story of how Eden UK transformed a disused china clay pit into one of the top tourist attractions in ... «The Press, Jun 15»
10
REVIEW: Paloma Faith at the Eden Sessions
Paloma helped transport me from a relaxing evening in a reborn clay pit (“isn't it amazing?” she said), to a 1950s music hall where my older ... «Exeter Express and Echo, Jun 15»

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