clay

nouns

a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
clay
is made of
rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material
brick
is made of
ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln
clayware, pottery
is made of
a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing
roofing tile, tile
is a type of (narrower)
the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
dirt, soil
water soaked soil; soft wet earth
clay, mud
the dead body of a human being
"the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"
cadaver, clay, corpse, remains, stiff