"I fear the rain," said the stone. "What would I say, me!" replied the clod of earth.
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Clod
//klɑd//
Synonyms for "clod" (228 found)
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66 translations across 25 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- βῶλαξ noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
- βῶλος noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
Bulgarian
4 entries- буца noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
- глупак noun (stupid person)
- земя noun (ground, a spot of earth or turf)
- плешка noun (part of a shoulder or neck of beef)
Catalan
2 entries- gleva noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
- terròs noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
Czech
3 entries- blb noun (stupid person)
- hrouda noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
- hňup noun (stupid person)
Dutch
3 entries- klomp noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
- klont noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
- kluit noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
Esperanto
1 entries- bulo noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
Finnish
4 entries- maa noun (ground, a spot of earth or turf)
- nuija noun (stupid person)
- paakku noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
- tanner noun (ground, a spot of earth or turf)
French
3 entries- andouille noun (stupid person)
- cruche noun (stupid person)
- motte noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
Galician
2 entries- terrón noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
- toutizo noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
German
3 entries- Erdklumpen noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
- Klumpen noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
- Trottel noun (stupid person)
Hebrew
2 entries- טמבל noun (stupid person)
- רֶגֶב noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
Ingrian
1 entries- koma noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
Irish
1 entries- daba noun (stupid person)
Italian
4 entries- gleba noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
- piota noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
- tonta noun (stupid person)
- tonto noun (stupid person)
Latin
1 entries- glaeba noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
Middle English
2 entries- clod noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
- clot noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
Māori
4 entries- paioneone noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
- peipei noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
- poikurukuru noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
- pokuru noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
Persian
1 entries- کلوخ noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
Polish
1 entries- grudka noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
Portuguese
2 entries- cachaço noun (part of a shoulder or neck of beef)
- torrão noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
Romanian
1 entries- bulgăre noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
Russian
4 entries- глупе́ц noun (stupid person)
- глы́ба noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
- ду́рень noun (stupid person)
- дура́к noun (stupid person)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fòid noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
Spanish
4 entries- gleba noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
- grumo noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
- terrón noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
- tonta noun (stupid person)
Swedish
4 entries- jordklump noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
- jordkoka noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
- klump noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
- koka noun (lump of something, especially of earth or clay)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
I thought she was a clod at first, but we're happy on our farm now.
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There are earthworms in the clod.
Source: tatoeba (12286110)
clods of iron and brass
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