gord

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice.
noun
  1. A medieval Slavonic fortified settlement, typically a group of wooden houses surrounded by a wall of earth and wood, with a palisade running along the top of the bulwark.
noun
  1. Acronym of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.
name
  1. A diminutive of the male given name Gordon.
  2. Pronunciation spelling of God.

Pronunciation

/ɡɔː(ɹ)d/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gord.wav

Word forms

gord gords gourd

Etymology

Perhaps hollow, and so named in allusion to a gourd.

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