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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024podo-, - var. of pod- before a consonant:podotheca.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pod1 /pɑd/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Botanya long container or covering for a seed, as of the pea or bean.
- a streamlined container or enclosure holding something inside, esp. on an aircraft or other vehicle:the fuel pods on the jet fighter's wings.
-pod-, root. - -pod- comes from Greek, where it has the meaning "foot.'' This meaning is found in such words as: arthropod, chiropodist, podiatrist, podiatry, podium, tripod.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pod1 (pod),USA pronunciation n., v., pod•ded, pod•ding. n. - Botanya somewhat elongated, two-valved seed vessel, as that of the pea or bean.
- Botanya dehiscent fruit or pericarp having several seeds.
- Insects[Entomol.]
- Insectsan insect egg case.
- Insectsa compact mass of insect eggs.
- a streamlined enclosure, housing, or detachable container of some kind:an engine pod under the wing of an aircraft.
- Automotivea protective compartment, as for an automobile's instrument gauges.
- Miningan orebody that has an elongated or lenticular shape.
- Show Business[Radio and Television Slang.]a cluster of brief commercials or spot announcements.
v.i. - Botanyto produce pods.
- to swell out like a pod.
- 1680–90; apparently back formation from podder peasecod gatherer; comparepodder, variant of podware, unexplained variant of codware bagged vegetables (cod2 + -ware crops, vegetables)
pod′like′, adj. pod2 (pod),USA pronunciation n. - Zoologya small herd or school, esp. of seals or whales.
- Birdsa small flock of birds.
- perh. special (origin, originally facetious) use of pod1 1825–35, American.
pod3 (pod),USA pronunciation n. - Buildingthe straight groove or channel in the body of certain augers or bits.
- Building[Carpentry.]pad1 (def. 15b).
- 1565–75; origin, originally uncertain; perh. a continuation of Old English pād covering, cloak, the socket being thought of as something that covers or hides from view what is held in it (though the phonology is irregular)
pod-, - a learned borrowing from Greek meaning "foot,'' used in the formation of compound words:pododynia.
Also,[esp. before a consonant,] podo-. - combining form representing Greek poús (genitive podós) foot
-pod, - a combining form meaning "one having a foot'' of the kind or number specified by the initial element;
often corresponding to Neo-Latin class names ending in -poda, with -pod used in English to name a single member of such a class:cephalopod.Cf. -ped.
- Greek -pod-, stem of -pous, adjective, adjectival derivative of poús foot
- Neo-Latin
POD, - port of debarkation.
p.o.'d (pē′ōd′),USA pronunciation adj. [Slang.]- Slang TermsSee pissed off.
P.O.D., - pay on delivery.
- StampsPost Office Department.
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