clump
noun/klʌmp/
/klʌmp/
- a small group of things or people very close together, especially trees or plants; a bunch of something such as grass or hair
- a clump of trees/bushes
Extra Examples- great clumps of rhododendrons
- situated in a clump of trees
- He tore out a clump of her hair.
- I tripped over a clump of grass in the darkness.
- There was a clump of bushes at the edge of the lawn.
- They planted trees in clumps around the park.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- great
- large
- …
- form
- in a/the clump
- clump of
- the sound made by somebody putting their feet down very heavily
- I heard the heavy clump of feet on the stairs.
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a heap or lump): partly imitative, reinforced by Middle Low German klumpe and Middle Dutch klompe; related to club ‘to hit someone with a stick or heavy object’.
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