clod

Other forms of clod

plural

clods·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about clod

What does clod mean?

clod means "a compact mass". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clod?

clod has 1 syllable: clod.

What is another word for clod?

Close synonyms include ball, glob, lump, clump, chunk. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clod a common word?

clod is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.