English Explanatory Dictionary

pod

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A self-contained unit, container, or enclosure that holds, protects, or transports something.
  2. A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod.
  3. A very small room or space for one person to inhabit, as in a capsule hotel.
  4. A small vehicle, especially used in emergency situations; see escape pod.
  5. A nicotine cartridge.
  6. A bag; a pouch.
  7. A small, self-contained unit within a larger system.
  8. A small section of a larger office, compartmentalised for a specific purpose.
  9. A subsection of a prison, containing a number of inmates.
  10. A group or collective.
  11. A group of whales, dolphins, seals, porpoises or hippopotami.
  12. A group of people who regularly interact.
verb
  1. To bear or produce pods
  2. To remove peas from their case.
  3. To put into a pod or to enter a pod.
  4. To swell or fill.
noun
  1. Initialism of print on demand.
  2. Initialism of proof of delivery.
  3. Initialism of plain old data.
  4. Initialism of point of divergence.
  5. Initialism of place of death.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɒd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pod.wav /ˈpɑd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-pod.wav

Word forms

pod pods podding podded

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English *pod ("seed-pod, husk, shell, outer covering"; attested in pod-ware (“legume seed; seed grain”)), itself possibly from Old English pād (“an outer garment, covering, coat, cloak”), from Proto-West Germanic *paidu, from Proto-Germanic *paidō (“coat, smock, shirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *baiteh₂- (“woolen clothes”). If so, then cognate with Old Saxon pēda (“skirt”), German dialectal Pfeid, Pfeit (“shirt”), Gothic 𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰 (paida, “mantle, skirt”), and perhaps Albanian petk (“gown, garment, dress, suit”) and Ancient Greek βαίτη (baítē, “goat-skin, fur-coat, tent”).

Synonyms

capsule case container hull husk shell seedpod vessel escape pod gam

Related words

podcast

Derived words

azipod bagpod bean pod black pod bladderpod buddy pod coffee pod conopodous copperpod cosmopod crotalaria pod borer cryopod diaper pod drop pod earpod egg pod escape pod fringepod holopod lacepod lancepod lifepod like peas in a pod like two peas in a pod monkeypod monkey pod nanopod nappy pod orped people pod pod auger pod bit podcar podcase pod corn podder poddy podestrian podhead pod hotel podiform podlet podlike podmate pod mod pod person pod shaver pod slurping pod vegetable protopod rattlepod rocket pod rod pod satinpod scimitar pod screw pod mesquite seedpod sicklepod sidepod superpod
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