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clod

[ klod ]

noun

  1. a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
  2. a stupid person; blockhead; dolt.

    Synonyms: dunce, oaf, lout, yokel, boor

  3. earth; soil.
  4. something of lesser dignity or value, as the body as contrasted with the soul:

    this corporeal clod.

  5. a part of a shoulder of beef.


clod

/ klɒd /

noun

  1. a lump of earth or clay
  2. earth, esp when heavy or in hard lumps
  3. Also calledclodpoleclod pollclodpate a dull or stupid person
  4. a cut of beef taken from the shoulder
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈcloddy, adjective
  • ˈcloddishness, noun
  • ˈcloddishly, adverb
  • ˈcloddish, adjective
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Other Words From

  • cloddi·ly adverb
  • cloddi·ness noun
  • clodlike adjective
  • cloddy adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of clod1

1400–50; late Middle English clodde, Old English clod- (in clodhamer fieldfare); cloud
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Word History and Origins

Origin of clod1

Old English clod- (occurring in compound words) lump; related to cloud
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Example Sentences

In this case, though, exploding bombs and artillery fire fling clods of dirt and dig craters.

This well-studied plant is in the same family as mustards and can grow in just a tiny clod of dirt.

This well-studied plant is in the same family as mustards and can grow in just a tiny clod of material.

Eventually, the carbon that was once a leaf can become trapped in clods of earth.

One teenager recalled seeing  a boy his age pitch a clod of dirt at a mounted [Union] officer.

The News of the World and the Mirror both went with the punnier, " Hand of Clod."

Darling, don't you see—it's because you aren't a clod, because you're sensitive and imaginative that you experience fear.

The asphaltus is a clod of earth, liquefied by heat; the air forces it to the surface, where it spreads itself.

Go over it again and again until not a lump or clod remains in it.

Do I not daily curse this weak, lust-loving clod of flesh that holdeth prisoner a mind that at least once dreamed noble dreams?

"I won't become a clod-hopper," I exclaimed, seeing the dreary, endless monotony of such a life.

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