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RESIDUAL CLAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does residual clay mean? 

RESIDUAL CLAY (noun)
  The noun RESIDUAL CLAY has 1 sense:

1. the soil that is remaining after the soluble elements have been dissolvedplay

  Familiarity information: RESIDUAL CLAY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RESIDUAL CLAY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The soil that is remaining after the soluble elements have been dissolved

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

residual clay; residual soil

Hypernyms ("residual clay" is a kind of...):

dirt; soil (the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock)


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