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clod

Pronunciation: /klɒd/

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Definition of clod

noun

  • 1a lump of earth or clay: frost is essential for breaking up clods into manageable sizes
  • 2 informal a stupid person: you’re an insensitive clod and I hope you fall and break your neck
  • 3 [mass noun] British a coarse cut of meat from the lower neck of an ox: other stewing cuts (in England known to the meat trade as clod) may cook in 90 minutes

Origin:

late Middle English: variant of clot

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