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clod
/ klɒd /
noun
- a lump of earth or clay
- earth, esp when heavy or in hard lumps
- Also calledclodpoleclod pollclodpate a dull or stupid person
- a cut of beef taken from the shoulder
Derived Forms
- ˈcloddy, adjective
- ˈcloddishness, noun
- ˈcloddishly, adverb
- ˈcloddish, adjective
Other Words From
- cloddi·ly adverb
- cloddi·ness noun
- clodlike adjective
- cloddy adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of clod1
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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