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CLOGGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cloggy mean?
• CLOGGY (adjective)
The adjective CLOGGY has 1 sense:
1. (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
Familiarity information: CLOGGY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used of soil) compact and fine-grained
Synonyms:
Context example:
the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated
Similar:
compact (closely and firmly united or packed together)
Context examples
A cloggy sensation of the lukewarm fat of meat is upon me (we dined an hour or two ago), and my head is as heavy as so much lead.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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