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BNC: 24612 COCA: 21392

clod

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
clod /ˈklɑːd/ noun
plural clods
clod
/ˈklɑːd/
noun
plural clods
Learner's definition of CLOD
[count]
: a lump of dirt or clay土块;泥块
informal : a person who is stupid and dull傻瓜;呆子

— cloddish

/ˈklɑːdɪʃ/ adjective [more cloddish; most cloddish]
BNC: 24612 COCA: 21392
1
a
: a lump or mass especially of earth or clay
b
: soil, earth
2
: oaf, dolt
cloddish adjective
cloddishness noun
cloddy adjective

Example Sentences

Her husband's such a clod. despite his imposing size, he's no simple clod
Recent Examples on the Web Nelly Korda, competing in her first event since early February after being sidelined with a blood clod that required surgery, finished with a 73 to tie for eighth. Beth Ann Nichols, USA TODAY, 6 June 2022 That elusive will-o'-the-wisp season, lauded by poets in countless lyrics and appreciated by the dullest clod, will be ushered in officially at 12:45 o’clock this afternoon. San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2022 This strongly supported the hypothesis (proposed nearly fifteen years ago) that ball lightning is basically a dirt clod dislodged and heated to incandescence by a cloud-to-ground lightning strike. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2022 The third movement dripped with sardonic pathos, with its several disparate melodies on a collision course toward a series of timpani thuds that sounded as final as a clod of dirt falling into the grave. BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2021 My daughter right now is really into dirt clods and rocks, too. Bryn Elise Sandberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2020 Maintain Dig in blood and bone meal along with compost once the soil dries out a little (to prevent clods); wait for weed sprouts to follow, then hoe them in. Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 16 Mar. 2020 Two, blasting mud clods is a good way to pass the time when the fish aren’t biting. Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 3 Feb. 2020 The idea of Ram’s birthplace is also introduced into the plot, where Ram is carrying around a clod of earth from his janmabhumi (birthplace)—even when wandering in the forest for 14 years. Sanaya Chandar, Quartz India, 8 Nov. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English clodde, from Old English clod- (in clodhamer fieldfare)

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of clod was in the 15th century
BNC: 24612 COCA: 21392

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