A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay.

The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf.

A part of the shoulder of a beef creature, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. See Illust. of Beef.

To collect into clods, or into a thick mass; to coagulate; to clot; as, clodded gore. See Clot.

a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"

A mass of soil produced by ploughing or digging which usually breaks up easily.

compact, coherent mass of soil produced by digging or plowing. Clods usually slake easily with repeated wetting and drying.

A mass of soil produced by disturbance.