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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

These alleged tactics included slashing car tires, throwing dirt clods at surfers descending the bluffs and full-on fistfights in the water.

Whether it's a twig, a pebble or a clod of dirt, the randomness you get on a large scale is the same.

So many fit the man-child: “light of brain,” “clod of wayward marl,” “bolting-hutch of beastliness,” but specifically to his inability to speak the truth there’s the perfect “infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise-breaker.”

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As Teichman looked on, a few farmhands gingerly coaxed the cuttings out of the plastic sleeves, exposing young roots tangled in clods of soil.

To be fair, there is more to Johnson's story than him simply being a clod when it came to dogs.

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