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Dictionary: clod   (klŏd) pronunciation

n.
  1. A lump or chunk, especially of earth or clay.
  2. Earth or soil.
  3. A dull, stupid person; a dolt.

[Middle English, variant of clot, lump. See clot.]

cloddish clod'dish adj.
cloddishly clod'dish·ly adv.
cloddishness clod'dish·ness n.

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noun

  1. An irregularly shaped mass of indefinite size: chunk, clump, gob, hunch, lump, nugget, wad. Informal hunk. See part/whole.
  2. A mentally dull person: blockhead, chump, dolt, dullard, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, numskull, thickhead. Slang dimwit, dumbbell, dumbo. See ability/inability.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a compact mass
  Synonyms: ball, glob, lump, clump, chunk

Meaning #2: an awkward stupid person
  Synonyms: lout, klutz, stumblebum, goon, oaf, lubber, lummox, lump, gawk


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Clod

Dansk (Danish)
n. - klump, jord, fæ, sløv padde, halsstykke

Nederlands (Dutch)
kluit, dwaas, schoudermuis, klonteren, met kluiten bekogelen

Français (French)
n. - motte (de terre), plouc

Deutsch (German)
n. - Klumpen, Scholle, Tölpel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σβόλος, γρόμπος, (καθομ.) βλάκας, μπουνταλάς, (μαγειρ.) κρέας από σβέρκο

Italiano (Italian)
zolla

Português (Portuguese)
n. - terra (f), argila (f), imbecil (m)

Русский (Russian)
ком, остолоп

Español (Spanish)
n. - terrón, patán

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - jordklump, jord, bondlurk (vard.), hals av oxe (slakt.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
土块

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 土塊

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 흙 덩어리, 존엄, 가치가 떨어지는 것, 소의 어깨 살

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 塊り, 土塊, のろま, 土
v. - 土くれを投げ付ける, 土くれとなる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كتله من الطين, غليظ, فظ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טיפש, רגב, גוש עפר, בשר צוואר שור‬


 
 

 

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