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clunch

(klʌntʃ)

1. hardened clay

2. a lout

3. a shapeless mass

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Clunch

a lump; a heavy, unshapely mass.

Example: clunch of snow, 1888.

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clunch - hardened clay

Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

dirt, soil - the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock

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/ Bees hive in the tower; the outer stone / Pared and frittered in sunlight, flakes with the years: / Clunch crumbles, but silence, exaltation endures" (Ridler).

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Churches and other buildings in the villages (including in some cases, such as the converted windmill referred to above, the houses in which children lived) were built from clunch, a hardened chalk of the Cretaceous period chemically altered by the cementing of the silica and thus suitable for cutting and using as a building material.

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Benjamin Moore's "White Dove," "Palace White," "Ancient Ivory," "Natural Wicker," "Soft Chamois," and "Classic Grey," along with "Clunch," and "Satin Slipper" by Farrow and Ball are a few of my favorites.