lump
/lʌmp/ noun B2- Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape. · Stir the gravy until there are no more lumps.· a lump of coal; a lump of clay; a lump of cheese
- A swelling or nodule of tissue under the skin or in an internal part of the body. · Lumps in the breasts are an indicator of breast cancer.
- A group, set, or unit. · The money arrived all at once as one big lump sum payment.
- A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful. · Do you want one lump or two with your coffee?
- A dull or lazy person. · Don't just sit there like a lump.
- A fat person.
- A beating or verbal abuse. · He's taken his lumps over the years.
- A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
Plural lumps
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Yes, this self, of whom I thought so much, of whom I was so proud, who had appeared so worthless in the dungeons of the Château d’If, and whom I had succeeded in making so great, will be but a lump of clay tomorrow.
They supposed that the Hen must contain a great lump of gold in its inside, and in order to get the gold they killed it.
A MISER sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went to look at daily.
He soon discovered the secret of the hidden treasure, and digging down, came to the lump of gold, and stole it.
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