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FIRECLAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A heat-resistant clay
Classified under:
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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