noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a clod/clump of earth (= a lump of earth )
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The horse’s hooves kicked up great clods of earth.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even a computer clod like me can find it, or stumble on it by accident.
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Go for the clods, spot the rocks.
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He picked up a dirt clod and flung it toward the window.
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It should also produce less clods and thus minimise lifting damage.
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Mary shivered and turned away as the first clods of earth thudded on to the coffin.
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Members of Congress are impervious to the pain because they continue to collect their own salaries, the selfish clods.
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They are about as strong as dried clods of mud.
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Was Cullam a complete clod or did he realise how macabre his words had been?