clod

[klod] /klɒd/
noun
1.
a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
2.
a stupid person; blockhead; dolt.
3.
earth; soil.
4.
something of lesser dignity or value, as the body as contrasted with the soul:
this corporeal clod.
5.
a part of a shoulder of beef.
Origin
1400-50; late Middle English clodde, Old English clod- (in clodhamer fieldfare); see cloud
Related forms
cloddily, adverb
cloddiness, noun
clodlike, adjective
cloddy, adjective
Synonyms
2. boor, yokel, lout, oaf, dunce.
Examples from the web for clod
  • Chipping off a clod or two, he reveals silvery veins of ice.
  • Spray the clod and wait a minute or two before dropping the clod in a jar of water.
  • She will also help create and deploy the clod cards.
  • Large seeded crops do not require the same degree of clod size reduction or as smooth of a seedbed as do small seeded crops.
  • After measuring bulk density, particle size was measured in each clod.
British Dictionary definitions for clod

clod

/klɒd/
noun
1.
a lump of earth or clay
2.
earth, esp when heavy or in hard lumps
3.
Also called clodpole, clod poll, clodpate. a dull or stupid person
4.
a cut of beef taken from the shoulder
Derived Forms
cloddy, adjective
cloddish, adjective
cloddishly, adverb
cloddishness, noun
Word Origin
Old English clod- (occurring in compound words) lump; related to cloud
Word Origin and History for clod
n.

"lump of earth or clay," Old English clod- (in clodhamer "the fieldfare," a kind of thrush, literally "field-goer"), from Proto-Germanic *kludda-, from PIE *gleu- (see clay).

Synonymous with collateral clot until meaning differentiated 18c. Meaning "person" ("mere lump of earth") is from 1590s; that of "blockhead" is from c.1600 (cf. clodpate, clodpoll, etc.). It also was a verb in Middle English, meaning both "to coagulate, form into clods" and "to break up clods after plowing."

Slang definitions & phrases for clod

clod

noun

A stupid person

[1605+; fr clodpate or clodpole, ''clodhead'']