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    CLOD

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A compact massplay

    Example:

    a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder

    Synonyms:

    ball; chunk; clod; clump; glob; lump

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    Hypernyms ("clod" is a kind of...):

    agglomeration (a jumbled collection or mass)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clod"):

    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)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    An awkward stupid personplay

    Synonyms:

    clod; gawk; goon; lout; lubber; lummox; lump; oaf; stumblebum

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("clod" is a kind of...):

    clumsy person (a person with poor motor coordination)

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     Context examples: 

    There was a compromise that approximated the truth, though it flattered not the school of god, while it challenged the brute-savageness of the school of clod.

    (Martin Eden, by Jack London)

    "Yes, I've read 'm," he broke in impulsively, spurred on to exhibit and make the most of his little store of book knowledge, desirous of showing her that he was not wholly a stupid clod.

    (Martin Eden, by Jack London)


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