Clunch
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Clunch is a noun meaning (UK) A traditional building material mostly made of chalk or clay.
Meaning
(UK) A traditional building material mostly made of chalk or clay.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To grasp firmly; clench.
Example Sentences
As William Wallace felt the bank giving away under his feet, he clunched the other boy firmly by the arm.
The manor-house stands near the church, and is a large convenient old house built of clunch, stone, &c. with good gardens and walks adjoining to the river side.
Word Forms
- clunches
- clunching
- clunched
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include chaulk, clod, clat, clodlet, cloam, clom.
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