clods

noun

plural of clod
1
as in lumps
a big clumsy often slow-witted person despite his imposing size, he's no simple clod

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2
as in clumps
a small uneven mass a clod of dirt stuck to the bottom of the bucket

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Recent Examples of clods Once the land is clear, use a rotary tiller to break up the soil clods. — Amanda Tust, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2026 According to the authors, their results suggest that clods of earth can indeed catalyze these reactions without the presence of life. — Siddhant Pusdekar, Quanta Magazine, 1 June 2026 After loosening the soil, gently lift the clump out of the ground and remove any soil clods. — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Apr. 2026 Maybe she is confused by this flat new geography of polished wood and granite with no trace of lumps or clods, where nothing is spongy. — María Ospina, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026 Machines are shut down and shovels return, covering conduits with clods of soil. — Steven Searcy, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clods
  1. lumps
  2. clumps
  3. hulks
  4. chunks
  5. morons
  6. wads
  7. idiots
  8. globs
Noun
  • Battered metal is as crucial to his kit as conventional drum sounds, and even his tonal elements feel as malleable as wrung-out sponges or wet lumps of clay.
    — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026
  • This uses information from other Mercedes vehicles driving ahead, sent through the Cloud, to adjust the suspension to better absorb lumps and bumps.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 29 July 2026
Definition of lumps
Noun
  • Excessive clumps on the surface of the lawn can smother new seedlings, Mann says.
    — Amanda Tust, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Lipofuscin is essentially cellular garbage (clumps of oxidized proteins and fats that cells can no longer break down).
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of clumps
Noun
  • Water levels on the Danube River, the second longest in Europe, have dropped so low because of drought that the hulks of dozens of World War II German battleships — and even the remains of an ancient woolly mammoth — are emerging into view.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of hulks
Noun
  • The book is written in fragmentary fashion, discrete chunks of prose that accrete into a greater whole, much like the ancient mosaics that are among of the novel’s thematic touchstones.
    — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Some of the largest proposals seeking chunks of Orange County’s lucrative bed tax got the final crack Wednesday at convincing a task force to advance their ideas, which combined would cost billions of dollars.
    — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of chunks
Noun
  • There are complicated brain-chemistry factors involved that have to do with testosterone, and dopaminergic systems, and kappa-opioid receptors, all of which seem to add up to a Jim Gaffigan joke about how men are morons compared with their wives.
    — McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
Definition of morons
Noun
  • Photos apparently taken by the men themselves show wads of cash on the seat of a car, in a plastic bag and in stacks on the floor of a location in New York.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • The alpha heroes of 1980s romances—ranch owners, corporate raiders, anyone played by Michael Douglas—tended to be emotionally constipated anti-feminists intent on dominating the opposite sex by using testosterone and wads of cash.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
Definition of wads
Noun
  • That's the continous nonsense these idiots provide to a website like OutKick.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Tallahassee lawmakers must think their constituents are idiots.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of idiots
Noun
  • Bathroom sink drains can become clogged from hair, globs of toothpaste, and soapy residue.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 30 May 2026
  • Bieber’s face artfully dotted with globs of lotion.
    — Lucy Feldman, Time, 6 May 2026
Definition of globs

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