clod

[ klod ]

/ klɒd /

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noun

a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.

a stupid person; blockhead; dolt.

earth; soil.

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

a part of a shoulder of beef.

OTHER WORDS FOR clod

2 boor, yokel, lout, oaf, dunce.

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Origin of clod

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

OTHER WORDS FROM clod

clod·di·ly, adverbclod·di·ness, nounclodlike, adjectivecloddy, adjective

Words nearby clod

clock watch, clock watcher, clockwise, clockwork, clockwork universe, clod, cloddish, clodhopper, clodhopping, clodpoll, Cloë

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How to use clod in a sentence

In this case, though, exploding bombs and artillery fire fling clods of dirt and dig craters.
Russia’s invasion could cause long-term harm to Ukraine’s prized soil|Rebecca Dzombak|June 21, 2022|Science News
This well-studied plant is in the same family as mustards and can grow in just a tiny clod of dirt.
The first plants ever grown in moon dirt have sprouted|Maria Temming|June 16, 2022|Science News For Students
This well-studied plant is in the same family as mustards and can grow in just a tiny clod of material.
These are the first plants grown in moon dirt|Maria Temming|May 23, 2022|Science News
Eventually, the carbon that was once a leaf can become trapped in clods of earth.
Humanity’s greatest ally against climate change is the Earth itself|Sarah Kaplan|April 22, 2021|Washington Post

One teenager recalled seeing a boy his age pitch a clod of dirt at a mounted [Union] officer.
David's Book Club 1861: The Civil War Awakening|David Frum|February 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The News of the World and the Mirror both went with the punnier, " Hand of Clod."
World Cup Primer|Joshua Robinson|June 12, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Darling, don't you see—it's because you aren't a clod, because you're sensitive and imaginative that you experience fear.
The Man from Time|Frank Belknap Long
The asphaltus is a clod of earth, liquefied by heat; the air forces it to the surface, where it spreads itself.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3)|Strabo
Go over it again and again until not a lump or clod remains in it.
Amateur Gardencraft|Eben E. Rexford
Do I not daily curse this weak, lust-loving clod of flesh that holdeth prisoner a mind that at least once dreamed noble dreams?
Robert Annys: Poor Priest|Annie Nathan Meyer
"I won't become a clod-hopper," I exclaimed, seeing the dreary, endless monotony of such a life.
Tramping on Life|Harry Kemp

British Dictionary definitions for clod

clod

/ (klɒd) /

noun

a lump of earth or clay

earth, esp when heavy or in hard lumps

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

a cut of beef taken from the shoulder

Derived forms of clod

cloddy, adjectivecloddish, adjectivecloddishly, adverbcloddishness, noun

Word Origin for clod

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

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