lump
noun
a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape.
lumps
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pluralof lump.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But he suspected there was more to life than moving “inanimate lumps of plastic.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
"I still tease him, he used to kick lumps out of me in training at the 2006 World Cup. It's not true, he tells me. But I remember," said Messi.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
“When I take a bite, I chew through small lumps of egg, presumably scrambled by the hot butter,” she writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Stir the chocolate until it’s smooth with no lumps.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
Like John, he had lumps on his neck, but in Alcante’s case they were in fact symptomatic of scrofula.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
