Clay and Surface

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Clay noun - The set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others.

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Surface and clay are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Surface" instead a noun "Clay".

Nearby Words: clayey, clayed

Surface noun - An outer part or layer.

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Clay and surface are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Clay" instead a noun "Surface".

Nearby Words: surfaced, surfacing

soft	soft clay	soft surface
dead	dead clay	dead surface
actual	actual clay	actual surface
blue	blue clay	blue surface
Other adjectives: white, earthen, wet, available, radioactive.

He props the shotgun muzzle down on a soft clay surface, so a plug of clay jams in the barrels.

Source: Finger in a Barrel
Because of this, it was historically considered to be the hardest Grand Slam to win with many great players' tactics being ill-suited for the clay surface and many French Open champions being clay-court specialists who performed poorly at other Slams, until more recent times.

Source: Useful Notes / Tennis
Because of this, it was historically considered to be the hardest Grand Slam to win with many great players' tactics being ill-suited for the clay surface... and many French Open champions are clay-court specialists who have performed poorly at other Slams, until more recent times.

Source: Crippling Overspecialization

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