Meaning of Clump | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
2. A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.
3. A dull thud.
4. The compressed clay of coal strata.
5. A small group of trees or plants.
6. A thick addition to the sole of a shoe.
   historical

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Examples

“clump of trees”

“She [Miss Climpson] asks questions which a young man could not put without a blush. She is the angel that rushes in where fools get a clump on the head.”

“Thus, the myths of cinema and syndicated cartoon have served to unite the diverse races far more than the clump of the cricket-ball and the clipped rebukes and laudations of their masters.”

“clump-burned bricks”

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