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PRONUNCIATION OF UNDERCLAY

underclay  [ˈʌndəˌkleɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNDERCLAY

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verb
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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Underclay is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES UNDERCLAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Seatearth

Seatearth is a British coal mining term, which is used in the geological literature. As noted by Jackson, a seatearth is the layer of sedimentary rock underlying a coal seam. Seatearths have also been called seat earth, "seat rock", or "seat stone" in the geologic literature. Depending on its physical characteristics, a number of different names, i.e. underclay, "fireclay", flint clay, and "ganister" can be applied to a specific seatearth.

Definition of underclay in the English dictionary

The definition of underclay in the dictionary is a grey or whitish clay rock containing fossilized plant roots and occurring beneath coal seams. When used as a refractory, it is known as fireclay.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNDERCLAY


ballclay
ˈbɔːlˌkleɪ
ballet
ˈbæleɪ
brickclay
ˈbrɪkˌkleɪ
clay
kleɪ
controle
kənˈtrəʊleɪ
cosplay
ˈkɒsˌpleɪ
delay
dɪˈleɪ
display
dɪˈspleɪ
gameplay
ˈɡeɪmˌpleɪ
gilet
dʒɪˈleɪ
lay
leɪ
lei
leɪ
ley
leɪ
Malay
məˈleɪ
overlay
ˌəʊvəˈleɪ
palais
ˈpæleɪ
pipeclay
ˈpaɪpˌkleɪ
play
pleɪ
relay
ˈriːleɪ
replay
ˈriːˌpleɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNDERCLAY

undercapitalized
undercard
undercarriage
undercart
undercast
undercharge
underclad
underclass
underclassman
underclassmen
undercliff
underclothe
underclothes
underclothing
underclub
underclubbed
underclubbing
undercoat
undercoating
undercook

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNDERCLAY

airplay
alay
Barclay
belay
boulder clay
calcareous clay
child´s play
china clay
fair play
feet of clay
fire clay
foreplay
inlay
interplay
modelling clay
outlay
porcelain clay
potter´s clay
role-play
screenplay

Synonyms and antonyms of underclay in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «underclay» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

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Translator English - Hindi

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Translator English - Bengali

কয়লার নিচে মাটির স্তর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

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Underclay
190 millions of speakers

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underclay
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

underclay
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Translator English - Korean

하반
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Underclay
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Translator English - Tamil

underclay
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खाली उतरणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

underclay
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

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Translator English - Ukrainian

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Translator English - Afrikaans

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Translator English - Swedish

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Translator English - Norwegian

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERCLAY»

The term «underclay» is used very little and occupies the 191.307 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERCLAY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDERCLAY»

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1
Pennsylvanian Geology of a Part of the Southern Appalachian ...
Coal 2 inches; underclay 1 inch; coal, shaly % inch; shale, carbonaceous 7} inches; coal, shaly 4% inches; underclay 7 inches; coal 3 inches . . . . . . . . . . Underclay, shaly, light gray . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sandstone ...
Harold Rollin Wanless, 1946
2
Paleosols and weathering through geologic time: principles ...
UNDERCLAY GENESIS ALLOCHTHONOUS (INHERITED FROM souacet SOIL BEDROCK BASIN HORIZONS TYPE SEDlMENTATION CHEMICAL PHYSICAL CONTROL CONTROL DIAGENESIS /\ DIFFERENTIAL SETTLING T0 PEAT WITH  ...
Juergen Reinhardt, Wayne R. Sigleo, 1988
3
Geological Survey Bulletin
"Chiefly mixed-layered Illite and montmorillonite] Note. — Source of samples: 1. Plastic underclay 1 foot 10 inches thick below Nlckell coal bed in upper part of Breathitt formation, at a point along Route 7, Wrigley quadrangle (pl. 5, section 11 ).
‎1949
4
United States Geological Survey Professional Paper
It is underlain by a few inches to 4 feet of dark-gray carbonaceous, root-traversed, massive to irregularly bedded siltstone and underclay that contain occasional fernlike pinnules and large Cordaites leaves. The roof, at points where it was seen ...
‎1946
5
Geological Survey Professional Paper
They are most abundant in formations of Pennsylvanian age (Late Carboniferous of the European time scale) in the Appalachian Basin and in strata of this age in Missouri. The underclay deposits in Colorado are of Early Cretaceous age ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1984
6
SME Mining Engineering Handbook, Third Edition:
The pillar can punch into the underclay, or a general bearing-capacity failure can develop, with large heave occurring in the floor adjacent to the pillar. Typically, underclays are in layers that are thin compared to the pillar width, in which case ...
Peter Darling, 2011
7
U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin
Shocked quartz and anomalous Ir occur above the underclay. Gorceixite- goyazite (Ba- and Sr-Al phosphate) spherules occur under the smectite-kaolinite underclay. Recently, Izett (1991a) has shown evidence of teardrop and dumbbell  ...
‎1993
8
Bibliography and Index of Literature on Uranium and Thorium ...
hr., 450 counts/minute, 0.011% eU found by conVersion from assay cupGeiger counter measurement; no other measurement made; top 3 in. of underclay, 0.115 mr./hr., 549 counts/minute, 0.014% eU found by conversion from assay ...
Margaret Cooper, 1958
9
Paleozoic sequence stratigraphy; views from the North ...
1). The distal equivalent, therefore, to a disconformity at the base of channel- filling sandstone is the top of a paleosol. Prominent paleosols in Middle and Upper Pennsylvanian strata occur at the contact between underclay and coal. The idea of ...
Brian J. Witzke, Greg A. Ludvigson, Jed Day, 1996
10
Geology of the Anlauf and Drain Quadrangles, Douglas and ...
Shale — Coal 0 9 Underclay — 6 Shale — Location 13: Altitude at top of coal bed : 886 feet. Shale and slltstone 6 0 Siltstone 3 0 Coal — 6 Underclay — 4 Sandstone 1 6 Siltstone 6+ 0 Location H: Altitude at top of coal bed : 1,039 feet.
Linn Hoover, 1963

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