clod
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4.6
- noun
- /klɑd/
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terrón
- He picked up a clod of clay and began to shape it into a small pot.
We're going to include how to how to separate them from the dirt clod and pick out them without disturbing any roots.
- We're going to include how to how to separate them from the dirt clod and pick out them without disturbing any roots.
Examples
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Life was simpler back then, with the dirt clods.
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As the storm approached, the wind whipped through the field, scattering clods of earth everywhere.
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Now, generally, if you can plant this entire soil clod, that's the best.
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Circle the hole three times, clockwise, then close it with a clod of earth.
Academic text (2008) -
One teenager recalled seeing a boy his own age pitch a clod of dirt at a mounted officer.
Academic text (2011) -
Every one of us held big clods like apples, preparing to give them the best of it.
Fiction book (1995) -
And you can see it has flat rocks and clods of dirt and looks like your grandmother's garden.
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Butch picks up a dirt clod and hurls it as far as he can.
Fiction book (1993) -
We almost jogged through the dank stubble, burrs, and gently crumbling clods that made up the firebreaks.
Fiction book (2002) -
The gardener removed the large clod of dirt from the flower bed to make space for new plants.
Synonyms
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1.0
A solid round mass of material, like yarn or clay
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2.4
A fairly large piece of something, often food or solid material
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2.0
A small solid piece of something without a regular shape
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3.0
A small group of things like plants or soil that grow close together
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4.8
A small thick sticky piece of something like honey or paint
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Etymology
Clod for a piece of earth comes from the same old English word clodde meaning 'lump' or 'mass'. So a clod is a compact lump of soil or clay—the heavy bit of dirt you might kick or find on your shoe.