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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
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Derived Forms
- ˈcloddy, adjective
- ˈcloddishness, noun
- ˈcloddishly, adverb
- ˈcloddish, adjective
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Other Words From
- cloddi·ly adverb
- cloddi·ness noun
- clodlike adjective
- cloddy adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of clod1
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Example Sentences
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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