English Explanatory Dictionary

peapod

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The pod of the pea plant, that holds the seeds (the peas) until they ripen
  2. The pod and its contents as a vegetable; the mangetout
  3. A hybrid nanomaterial consisting of spheroidal fullerenes encapsulated within a carbon nanotube.
  4. A small rowboat traditionally used for fishing and lobstering in Maine.

Pronunciation

/ˈpiˌpɑd/

Word forms

peapod peapods pea pod

Etymology

Synchronically, pea + pod; diachronically, from a Middle English predecessor compound.

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