clumpnoun
uk/klʌmp/us/klʌmp/clump noun (GROUP)
[ C ] a group, especially of trees or flowers:
a clump of grass/daffodils
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Groups and collections of things
- agglomeration
- Aladdin's cave
- anthology
- assemblage
- bank
- basket
- cache
- ensemble
- feast
- generation
- glory box
- grab bag
- group
- package
- pool
- sheaf
- sheaves
- subgroup
- vintage
- wad
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clump noun (LUMP)
[ C ] a solid mass of something such as soil:
There were big clumps of soil on his boots.
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Masses and large amounts of things
- accumulation
- an embarrassment of riches idiom
- any number of things idiom
- backlog
- battery
- boatload
- bolus
- clot
- deluge
- fund
- lashing
- panoply
- plethora
- predominance
- preponderance
- profusion
- sheet
- shower
- thousand
- tidal wave
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clump noun (NOISY STEPS)
[ C usually singular ] the loud sound of slow, heavy steps:
We could hear the clump of his feet on the wooden floor.
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Moving firmly on foot
- breeze
- flounce
- goose step
- lope
- march
- mark time idiom
- pace
- parade
- prance
- quick march! idiom
- sashay
- stamp
- stomp
- stride
- strode
- stump
- surefooted
- swagger
- troop
- waltz
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clumpverb
uk/klʌmp/us/klʌmp/clump verb (WALK NOISILY)
[ I + adv/prep ] to walk noisily with slow, heavy steps:
She clumped around the room/up the stairs in her boots.
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Moving firmly on foot
- breeze
- flounce
- goose step
- lope
- march
- mark time idiom
- pace
- parade
- prance
- quick march! idiom
- sashay
- stamp
- stomp
- stride
- strode
- stump
- surefooted
- swagger
- troop
- waltz
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clump verb (FORM GROUP)
[ I or T ] to form a group, or to put things into a group:
As it started to rain, everyone clumped together in doorways.
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Collecting and amassing
- a pack rat idiom
- accumulate
- amass
- assemble
- bank
- bunch
- collect
- compilation
- concentration
- garner
- gather
- glean
- harvest
- load up on sth
- magpie
- numismatics
- philatelist
- philately
- scrape
- store
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