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clods

clods is the plural of clod.

Meaning of clod

Noun

clod (plural clods)

  1. A lump of something, especially earth or clay.
    • clods of iron and brass1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  2. The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf.
    • the clod where once their sultan's horse hath trod1723, Jonathan Swift, Pethox the Great
  3. A stupid person, a dolt, a clodpate, a clodhopper.
    • The vulgar, a scarce animated clod1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, →OCLC, Act I, page 3
  4. Part of a shoulder of beef, or of the neck piece near the shoulder.

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Questions about clods

What is clods the plural of?
Clods is the plural of clod.

Words near clods in the dictionary

  1. clodronated
  2. clodronates
  3. clodronic acid
  4. clodrosome
  5. clodrosomes
  6. clods
  7. Cloe
  8. Cloelia
  9. Cloer
  10. Cloers
  11. Cloes

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