clod

Whether it's a twig, a pebble or a clod of dirt, the randomness you get on a large scale is the same.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2024

In another, weeds frozen under a dusting of snow wilt into a clod of root-tangled soil.

From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

Tau proteins play an important role in stabilizing neurons, but with age, they can start to clod together, forming tangles that are neurotoxic and can jam themselves into the entire intracellular space of a neuron.

From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2022

The one of Rizzo, which was taken down on June 2, makes him look like a misshapen clod in an awkwardly buttoned jacket.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2020

Saleem saw the old man throw that clod at me, and he did nothing but laugh.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

Digging in soggy conditions can damage a soil’s structure, creating impenetrable clods that hinder roots.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2023

It might form big clods that damage the crop or cut it into pieces.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2022

When it comes to mitigating climate change, soil scientists are most interested in what Silver calls occluded carbon — organic material, often in the form of dead microbes, trapped in clods of dirt.

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2018

In fact, what makes Demme such an appealing film maker is his affection for all his characters, even ones like Tony the Tiger who might normally be portrayed as humorless clods.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2017

I pulled up manioc, knocking away clods of dirt and stuffing it into the duffel.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer