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Definition of "clod" [clod]

  • A lump or chunk, especially of earth or clay. (noun)
  • Earth or soil. (noun)
  • A dull, stupid person; a dolt. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "clod" in a sentence
  • "This CFR-Bilderberger owned clod is just another useful idiot for the New World Order."
  • "Make him ask forgiveness of Guy; and then, "while little French birds were singing rondels, and as peasants bent over their hoes in clod-like attitudes, or leaned upon their spades to listen to the Angelus, the monk pronounced the words that made Blanche and Guy husband and wife, — or rather, wife and husband.""
  • "Why should such gentle hands and feet spend their strength in clod-breaking, when rough ones are at command?"