FIRECLAY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A heat-resistant clay

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("fireclay" is a kind of...):

clay (a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired)

Holonyms ("fireclay" is a substance of...):

firebrick (brick made of fire clay; used for lining e.g. furnaces and chimneys)

furnace lining; refractory (lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace)

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