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clod

(klŏd)

1. A lump or chunk, especially of earth or clay.

2. Earth or soil.

3. A dull, stupid person; a dolt.

[Middle English, variant of clot, lump; see clot.]

clod′dish adj.

clod′dish·ly adv.

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clod

(klɒd)

1. a lump of earth or clay

2. earth, esp when heavy or in hard lumps

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

4. (Cookery) a cut of beef taken from the shoulder

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

ˈcloddy adj

ˈcloddish adj

ˈcloddishly adv

ˈcloddishness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

clod

(klɒd)

n.

1. a lump or mass, esp. of earth or clay.

2. a stupid person; dolt.

3. earth; soil.

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

clod′dish, adj.

clod′dish•ness, n.

Clod

a mass or lump of any solid matter.

Example: clod of earth, clay, iron, brass, turf.

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Noun	1.	clod - a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" chunk, glob, lump, clump, ball clot, coagulum - a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid agglomeration - a jumbled collection or mass gob - a lump of slimy stuff; "a gob of phlegm" clew - a ball of yarn or cord or thread
	2.	clod - an awkward stupid person gawk, goon, lout, lubber, lummox, oaf, stumblebum, lump clumsy person - a person with poor motor coordination

clod

noun lump, piece, block, mass, chunk, clump, hunk a clod of earth from which a mass of thick plant roots protruded

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

clod

noun

1. An irregularly shaped mass of indefinite size:

chunk, clump, gob, hunch, lump, nugget, wad.

Informal: hunk.

2. A mentally dull person:

blockhead, chump, dolt, dullard, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, numskull, thickhead.

Slang: dimwit, dumbbell, dumbo.

Translations

كُتْلَه من الطّين

hrouda

klump

Erdklumpen Scholle

buche bûche motte

rög

köggull

zolla

grumstas

kukurzniszemes pika

jordklump leirklump

kesektopak

土块

clod

[klɒd] N

1. [of earth] → terrón m

2. (= person) → patán m, zoquete mf
you clod! → ¡bestia!

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

clod

[ˈklɒd] n
a clod of earth → une motte de terre

clod

(of earth) → Klumpen m

(fig: = person, also clodpole) → Trottel m; this silly great clod → dieser Obertrottel (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

clod

[klɒd] n → zolla

clod

(klod) noun

a thick lump, especially of earth.

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