Preposition: of

• earth: Boys used to climb on to his stone roof with clods of damp earth in their hands, which they dropped down the chimney.

• soil: The approaching cold weather helps to breakdown big clods of soil into a finer texture.

• clay: But, to me, it beats days of breaking up concrete clods of clay.

• mud: The human fetus starts as a clod of mud.

• peat: We got down to the bare minimum of small clods of peat but there was no obvious " find " to be seen.

• turf: My hind legs gouged clods of turf up and flung them high as I surged forward.

Converse of object

• break: The Cotmans included Breaking the clod, Greta Bridge and also Trentham Church, one of the watercolors which Reeve ultimately retained.

• throw: Throw that clod of earth onto the coffin and read the epitaph: " It Was Only a Game Show " .

• leave: If you have a clay soil leave the clods of turned earth for the winter weather to break them down.

• remove: He who eats during the harvest is not removing clods.

• move: The soil is cultivated or plowed at frequent intervals to move the clods around and dry them out.

Adjective modifier

• small: We got down to the bare minimum of small clods of peat but there was no obvious " find " to be seen.

• great: Great clods of poo fell off her coat and onto the pavement.

• mere: Said the Doctor, " Tho now a mere clod is he, very soon you'll a sound mind in his body see!

• rough: A good time is in the autumn, leaving the cultivated soil in rough clods to be acted on by the winter weather.

• huge: While the service was taking place a huge clod of snow slipped from the roof and fell right against the church door.