clod

/klɑd/

/klɒd/

Other forms: clods

A clod is a lump or chunk of something. You begin the process of making a bowl by throwing a clod of clay onto a potter's wheel.

Clod usually describes a mass or ball of dirt: "She intended to plant vegetables in her yard, but found the soil was full of hard clods and stones." An annoyingly awkward person can also be called a clod: "He always says the wrong thing — he's such a clod." The word comes from clot, which originally meant "a mass," and comes from the German Klotz, "lump or block."

Definitions of clod

1. noun

   a compact mass
   synonyms: ball, chunk, clump, glob, lump

   types:

   clot, coagulum

   a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid

   gob

   a lump of slimy stuff

   clew

   a ball of yarn or cord or thread

   thrombus

   a blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin

   embolus

   an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood

   type of:

   agglomeration

   a jumbled collection or mass
2. noun

   an awkward, foolish person
   synonyms: ape, gawk, goon, lout, lubber, lummox, lump, nimrod, oaf, stumblebum

   type of:

   clumsy person

   a person with poor motor coordination