clay in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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  corpse  stiff  clay  remains 
   
2. a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
   clay 
   
3. water soaked soil; soft wet earth
   mud  clay