clod

/klɔd/
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clod

A farmer breaks up a clod of dirt in the field.

Definition

Noun: 1. An awkward, stupid person: A dull, clumsy, or foolish individual. 2. A compact mass; a lump: A small, dense, and often irregularly shaped piece of something, especially earth or clay.

Examples
  • Noun (Person):
    • He felt like a complete clod for spilling his drink on the guest.
    • Don't be such a clod; you need to be more careful with her feelings.
  • Noun (Mass/Lump):
    • The gardener broke up the clods of dirt before planting the seeds.
    • A clod of mud fell from his boot onto the clean floor.
Advanced Usage
  • "Clod of earth": A specific and common phrase referring to a lump of soil.
    • She crumbled the clod of earth between her fingers.
  • Used figuratively to emphasize heaviness, dullness, or coarseness.
    • His argument was a clod of unsupported assertions.
Variants and Related Words
  • Clodhopper (n): A clumsy, unsophisticated person, often from the countryside. Also refers to large, heavy shoes.
    • The city folks looked down on him as a mere clodhopper.
  • Cloddish (adj): Behaving like a clod; awkward, stupid, or boorish.
    • His cloddish manners embarrassed everyone at the dinner party.
Synonyms
  • For the person: Oaf, lout, boor, dolt, bumpkin.
  • For the lump: Chunk, lump, clump, gob, wad.
Related Phrases
  • Clod-breaker: An old term for a tool or a person who breaks up clods of earth.
  • The term can be used in a literary or poetic context to refer to the human body (the flesh) as opposed to the spirit.
    • "A clod of the valley" (from the hymn "Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing").
clod

A farmer breaks up a clod of dirt in the field.

Noun
  1. an awkward stupid person
  2. a compact mass
    • a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder

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