Translation of "leire" into English

clay, mud, loam are the top translations of "leire" into English.

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  • clay

    noun

    A loose, earthy, extremely fine-grained, natural sediment or soft rock composed primarily of clay-size or colloidal particles and characterized by high plasticity and by a considerable content of clay mineral and subordinate amounts of finely divided quartz, decomposed feldspar, carbonates, ferruginous matter, and other impurities; it forms a plastic, moldable mass when finely ground and mixed with water, retains its shape on drying, and becomes firm, rocklike and permanently hard on heating or firing. [..]

    Hun ble begravet like ved stien, bare beskyttet av en haug nyspadd leire.

    Her body was buried close to the trail, protected only by a mound of freshly dug clay.

  • mud

    noun

    mixture of soil and water [..]

    Det er billig å lage røykhetter av blikk eller av murstein og leire.

    Hoods can be made cheaply from sheet metal or even from bricks and mud.

  • loam

    noun

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