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Clod in a sentence

Clod meaning

  1. A lump of something, especially earth or clay.
  2. The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf.
  3. A stupid person, a dolt, a clodpate, a clodhopper.

Synonyms of Clod

lump gawk lummox lubber oaf goon stumblebum lout agglomeration chunk clump glob ball clumsy person

Using Clod

  • The main meaning on this page is: A lump of something, especially earth or clay. | The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf. | A stupid person, a dolt, a clodpate, a clodhopper.
  • Useful related words include: lump, gawk, lummox, lubber.

Context around Clod

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 32 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Clod

  • In this selection, "clod" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 32 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, dirt, indiscriminate, soil, wet and air stand out and add context to how "clod" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a dirt clod and a soil clod however is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "clod" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with clod

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

More showers arrive Wednesday morning, and some clod air funneling down will bring some chances for ice & mixing. (18 words)

They have no sense of gravity, and would as soon walk off the deck into thin air as eat a dirt clod. (22 words)

The peds evolve into units which have various shapes, sizes and degrees of development. citation A soil clod, however, is not a ped but rather a mass of soil that results from mechanical disturbance of the soil. (37 words)

Or when he called the King a "two bit, four flushing, dirty, lowdown, indiscriminate clod" in an early strip), but most of the time it is accepted that the king sentenced Spook to a lifetime in the dungeon for calling him a fink. (43 words)

When it comes to driving in clod, wet weather, two of the school’s teachers who are certified to teach Driver’s Education cautioned students to drive more defensively and to give themselves more time to get to their destinations. (40 words)

The peds evolve into units which have various shapes, sizes and degrees of development. citation A soil clod, however, is not a ped but rather a mass of soil that results from mechanical disturbance of the soil. (37 words)

Example sentences (5)

When it comes to driving in clod, wet weather, two of the school’s teachers who are certified to teach Driver’s Education cautioned students to drive more defensively and to give themselves more time to get to their destinations.

More showers arrive Wednesday morning, and some clod air funneling down will bring some chances for ice & mixing.

They have no sense of gravity, and would as soon walk off the deck into thin air as eat a dirt clod.

Or when he called the King a "two bit, four flushing, dirty, lowdown, indiscriminate clod" in an early strip), but most of the time it is accepted that the king sentenced Spook to a lifetime in the dungeon for calling him a fink.

The peds evolve into units which have various shapes, sizes and degrees of development. citation A soil clod, however, is not a ped but rather a mass of soil that results from mechanical disturbance of the soil.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "clod" in a sentence?
An example: "When it comes to driving in clod, wet weather, two of the school’s teachers who are certified to teach Driver’s Education cautioned students to drive more defensively and to give themselves more time to get to their destinations." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "clod" from authentic English texts.
What does "clod" mean?
Clod means: A lump of something, especially earth or clay.
What are synonyms of "clod"?
Common synonyms of "clod" include: lump, gawk, lummox, lubber, oaf, goon, stumblebum, lout. Plus 6 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "clod" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "clod", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.