different between clayey vs bolar

English

Etymology

From Middle English cleyye; equivalent to clay +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kle?(j)i/
• Rhymes: -e?i

Adjective

clayey (comparative clayier, superlative clayiest)

1. Resembling or containing clay.
   • 1812, Antonio de Alcedo and George Alexander Thompson (translator), The geographical and historical dictionary of America and the West Indies, vol. 2, page 13, “Demerara” (J. Carpenter):

     The shores of the rivers and creeks are chiefly planted with coffee, to the distance of about 30 miles from the sea : thence 30 miles farther up, the soil becomes clayey and more fit for sugar-canes.

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 11

     Because no man can ever feel his own identity aright except his eyes be closed; as if, darkness were indeed the proper element of our essences, though light be more congenial to our clayey part.

   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 85:

     Limestone, of course, is calcium carbonate, and thus chemically utterly different in composition from the clayey rocks below and the hard, pebbly ones above.

Synonyms

• clayish
• argillaceous

Anagrams

• Cayley

English

Etymology

See bole (“clay”), +? -ar.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??l?(?)

Adjective

bolar (comparative more bolar, superlative most bolar)

1. Of or relating to bole or clay; partaking of the nature and qualities of bole; clayey.

Anagrams

• Albor, Albro, Balor, Labor, boral, labor, lobar

Icelandic

Noun

bolar

1. indefinite nominative plural of boli

Ladino

Verb

bolar (Latin spelling)

1. to fly

Derived terms

• bolarse

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From bole +? -ar.

Noun

bolar m (definite singular bolaren, indefinite plural bolarar, definite plural bolarane)

1. a man who uses anabolic steroids

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

bolar m

1. indefinite plural of bol

References

• “bolar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.