pod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒd/
ipa: /ˈpɑd/
rhymes: -ɒd
homophone: pawed (cot–caught merger)
Forms: form: pods
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”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: capsule
case
container
hull
husk
shell
seedpod
vessel
glosses: A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod.
glosses: A small vehicle, especially used in emergency situations.
examples: text: cart, that is clouted and shod,
cart ladder and wimble, with perser and pod
ref: 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC:
glosses: A bag; a pouch.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: gam
glosses: A group of whales, dolphins, seals, porpoises or hippopotami.
examples: text: These matrilineal groups associate with related families, who are probably sister lineages, to form pods.
ref: 2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 8, in The Secret of Our Success […] , Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN:
text: For many people forming pods last year, finding compatible people to group with was not a cost but a goal. Private companies that create educational software for pods report that people prefer to group with their friends in order to reduce the incentive to have social contacts outside of their pods.
ref: 2021 October 1, Calder Katyal, “Schools Need to Undo the Damage of Pods”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: A group of people who regularly interact.
glosses: A small section of a larger office, compartmentalised for a specific purpose.
glosses: A subsection of a prison, containing a number of inmates.
glosses: A very small room or space for one person to inhabit, as in a capsule hotel.
glosses: A nicotine cartridge.
glosses: A lie-flat business or first class seat.
glosses: A tapered, cylindrical body of ore or minerals.
glosses: A straight channel or groove in the body of certain forms of, usually tapered, augers and boring-bits.
examples: text: I'd started shopping at 2 a.m., and the pod I listened to while shopping was almost through, so had to be 3 damn near.
ref: 2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi, Hachette, →ISBN:
glosses: Clipping of podcast.
examples: text: These ads are shown during commercial breaks when there is no game action. Usually, multiple spots are grouped into a pod of commercials.
ref: 2014, Lisa P. Masteralexis, Carol A. Barr, Mary Hums, Principles and Practice of Sport Management, page 448:
topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: A set of commercials to be shown together.
glosses: In rugby union, a small group (usually 3 or 4) of forwards working together as a group in open play.
glosses: Clipping of isopod.
Hyponyms: iPod
pea pod
peapod
seedpod
Derived terms: azipod
bagpod
black pod
bladderpod
buddy pod
coffee pod
conopodous
copperpod
cosmopod
crotalaria pod borer
cryopod
diaper pod
drop pod
egg pod
escape pod
fringepod
holopod
lacepod
lancepod
lifepod
like peas in a pod
like two peas in a pod
monkey pod
monkeypod
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
tail-pod radish
waxpod
Related terms: podcast