Clump
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /klʌmp/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Clump is a noun meaning A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
Meaning
A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
More Meanings
- A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.
- A dull thud.
- The compressed clay of coal strata.
- A small group of trees or plants.
- (ambitransitive) To form clusters or lumps.
- (ambitransitive) To gather in dense groups.
- (historical) A thick addition to the sole of a shoe.
Example Sentences
clump of trees
clump-burned bricks
There are suitable clumps of gorse a little way back, sir. I anticipate that you would be quite safe there, or I would not suggest it, sir.
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.
Word Forms
- clumps
- clumping
- clumped
Synonyms for clump
Depending on context, synonyms include cluster, thump, thud, bunch, constellate, bundle.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lump, clod, glob, plunk, clomp, thud.
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