clunch

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noun

A traditional building material mostly made of chalk or clay.

“clunch pit”

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Meanings

clunch1

nounclunch (countable and uncountable, plural clunches)

plural clunches

  1. UKcountableuncountableA traditional building material mostly made of chalk or clay.

    clunch pit

    1 more example

    The manor-house stands near the church, and is a large convenient old house built of clunch, stone, &c. with good gardens and walks adjoining to the river side.

    1736, Charles Parkin, History of Norfolk, volume 6

clunch2

verbclunch (third-person singular simple present clunches, present participle clunching, simple past and past participle clunched)

present singular third person clunches · participle present clunching · participle past clunched · past clunched

  1. transitiveTo grasp firmly; clench.

    As William Wallace felt the bank giving away under his feet, he clunched the other boy firmly by the arm.

    1920, Nephi Anderson, The Boys of Springtown, page 15

Origin

clunch · noun

Perhaps related to clump. Compare hump, hunch; lump, lunch, etc.

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clunch · verb

Alteration of clench.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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