clod

[ klod ]
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noun
  1. a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.

  2. a stupid person; blockhead; dolt.

  1. earth; soil.

  2. something of lesser dignity or value, as the body as contrasted with the soul: this corporeal clod.

  3. a part of a shoulder of beef.

Origin of clod

1
1400–50; late Middle English clodde,Old English clod- (in clodhamer fieldfare); see cloud

Other words for clod

Other words from clod

  • clod·di·ly, adverb
  • clod·di·ness, noun
  • clodlike, adjective
  • cloddy, adjective

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How to use clod in a sentence

  • The most skilful in this exercise are some species of baboons, which can hurl branches, stones, or hard clods with much dexterity.

    Man And His Ancestor | Charles Morris
  • A rattle of clods and small rocks fell from their high flight into the sweet air of a mountain sunset.

    Cabin Fever | B. M. Bower
  • A garden roller for digging the earth and crushing clods is easily made of the following material: One round piece of wood, 10 in.

  • I started to throw clods and sticks at the colts to drive them away, and that started the turkey gobbler swearing at me.

  • Scarce had he done so, when the clods began to move, and the points of spears appeared above the ground.

British Dictionary definitions for clod

clod

/ (klɒd) /


noun
  1. a lump of earth or clay

  2. earth, esp when heavy or in hard lumps

  1. Also called: clodpole, clod poll, clodpate a dull or stupid person

  2. a cut of beef taken from the shoulder

Origin of clod

1
Old English clod- (occurring in compound words) lump; related to cloud

Derived forms of clod

  • cloddy, adjective
  • cloddish, adjective
  • cloddishly, adverb
  • cloddishness, noun

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