Pod

Definition: Pod

Pod

Noun

1. The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves).

2. A several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant.

3. A group of aquatic mammals.

4. A detachable container of fuel on an airplane.

Verb

1. Take something out of its shell or pod, such as peas or beans.

2. Produce pods, of plants.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "pod" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references)

Etymology: Pod \Pod\, noun. [Probably akin to pudding, and perhaps the same word as pad a cushion; compare to also Danish pude pillow, cushion, and also English cod a husk, pod.]. (references)

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Building & Civil Engineering

Census

Mining

Shipping

Transportation

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

POD

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Pod

Covering

Capsule; sheath, sheathing; pod, cod; casing, case, theca; elytron; elytrum; involucrum; wrapping, wrapper; envelope, vesicle; corn husk, corn shuck; dermatology, conchology; testaceology.

Receptacle

Capsule, vesicle, cyst, pod, calyx, cancelli, utricle, bladder; pericarp, udder.

Similarity

Exact; (true); lifelike, faithful; true to nature, true to life, the very image, the very picture of; for all the world like, comme deux gouttes d'eau; as like as two peas in a pod, as like as it can stare; instar omnium, cast in the same mold, ridiculously like.

Crosswords: Pod

Croatian (under), Czech (below, beneath, under, underneath), Frisian (toad), Macedonian (floor), Polish (below, beneath, under, underneath), Romanian (attic, bridge, garret, loft), Serbo-Croatian (below, beneath, floor, ground, on, sub, under, underneath).

Pish posh, Schindler and I are like peas in a pod we both made shells for the Germans its just that mine worked (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

You won't be getting any of our secrets from that pod, Predacons (Beast Wars: Transformers; writing credit: Bob Forward; Lawrence G. DiTillio)

A flygot into thetransmitter pod that first time, when I was alone (The Fly; writing credit: David Cronenberg; George Langelaan)

Are you sure there wasn't a pod next to your bed this morning (Passions; writing credit: Jean Chapot; Nelly Kaplan)

Ding Dong the Pod is Dead (Farscape; writing credit: Olivier Cauvin)

Klasje pod crvenim zastavama (1974)

Sanatorium pod klepsydra (1973)

Diverzije na vodi i pod vodom (1972)

Melchior Wankowicz. Opowiesc o bitwie pod Monte Cassino (1971)

Pod palyazhchym soltsem (1971)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Pod of Orcas (reference)

• A Pod of Whales (Spilsbury, Louise. Animal Groups.) (reference)

• Emergency in Escape Pod Four (Star Wars Science Adventures) (reference)

• Everything You Always Wanted to Know About POD Publishing But Didn't Know Who to Ask!!! (reference)

• Life in a Dolphin Pod (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Seed Pod (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Pod People (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Pod (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Play Inc. Snappy 4.O Deluxe Internet Video Snapshot with Adobe Photodeluxe and Snap Pod (reference)

• VANGUARD VS-52 Table Pod with Extendable Legs (reference)

• Hakuba FP-L1 Flat Pod Photographic/Video Tripod (reference)

• Monster Cable I403 AVP-4M A/V POD 403 (Highest Performance All-in-One Audio/RCA-Video Cable 4 m. set (13.12 ft.) (reference)

• VANGUARD VS-34 Metal Table Pod (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Krups 968-41 Novo 2300 Plus ESE Pod and Auto Cappuccino Machine, Gray (reference)

• Makita 192596-6 9.6-Volt Nickel-Cadmium Battery - Pod Style (reference)

• DeLonghi BAR140 Espresso Maker with Exclusive Pod System (reference)

• Amerock BP9336-G10 Veggie'z Satin Chrome Pea Pod Knob (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

ER-2 with Satellite Uplink Pod. Credit: NASA.

LASRE Pod Matting to SR-71. Credit: NASA.

A pod of beluga whales - Delphinapterus leucas. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals).

A pod of killer whales in Frederick Sound. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

A pod of killer whales on the Bay of Biscay. Credit: Fisheries.

Dehydrated pencil pod beans still on dryer drawers. Credit: Library of Congress.

"The Ladies Friend" dryer, full of blanched pencil pod beans, on top of a coal and wood range. Credit: Library of Congress.

Pravyi bereg Volgi pod IAroslavlem. Credit: Library of Congress.

Miesto s kamennoi plitoi, pod kotoroi byli obrieteny moshchi Pr. Anny Kashinskoi. Credit: Library of Congress.

Rasizm spasaetsia pod kaskoi -- razboinich'ei, zaokeanskoi --. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

The dark green plants stringy now, and the heavy bolls clutched in the pod.

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Health

Heroin is processed from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seed pod of certain varieties of poppy plants. (references)

Business

This state-owned company has established a budget of over $40 million for the project that would restore the quality of the In-Situ Leaching (ISL) site groundwater in the vicinity of Straz pod Ralskem. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "pod": bean pod ♦ Bladder pod ♦ fuel pod ♦ in pod ♦ locust pod ♦ monkey pod ♦ pea pod ♦ pod auger ♦ pod bit ♦ pod pepper ♦ pod to a bean ♦ pod up ♦ sickle pod. Additional references.

Beginning with "pod": pod-and-boom, pod-danstvo, pod-like.

Ending with "pod": annie-pod, bi-pod, chest-pod, pea-pod, seed-pod, wax-pod.

Containing "pod": edible-pod pea, screw-pod mesquite.

Albanian

prodhoj bishtaja, tufëz zogjsh, tufë e vogël balenash, mbulesë (bonnet, cloth, clothes, clothing, coat, counterpane, cover, curtain, dustsheet, envelope, envelopment, folder, haircloth, hood, mantle, overcast, overlay, Pall, seating, suffusion, throw, vesture), mbështjellëse (cover, envelope, envelopment, folder, sleeve, wrapper), lëvozhgë (cortex, follicle, glume, husk, jacket, Peel, peeling, shell, shuck), e ndarë (compartment, parting, pigeonhole, shelf, stall), bishtajë (kidney bean, shell, shuck, string bean). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قرن الفول (capsule), ‏غلاف البيض, ‏حجيرة الوقود في الطائرة, ‏حجرة في منطاد, ‏تقرن البسلة ونحوها, ‏جراب (holdall, pouch, saddlebag, tote bag), ‏القرنة غلا ف البسلة, ‏إنتزع البزور. (various references)

Bulgarian 

семенник (placenta), шушулка (follicle, shuck), мрежа за ловене на змиорки, малко стадо, жлеб (fillister, fuller, gouge, groove, mortise, rabbet, race, rebate, slot). (various references)

Chinese 

莢 (firefly), 荚, 蒴 (capsule). (various references)

Czech

tobolka (capsule, pocket book), lusk (Hull, husk, legume). (various references)

Danish

poseforpakning (bag, envelope, pouch, sachet, sack), baelg (bellow, bellows, bladder, follicle, hull, husk). (various references)

Dutch

zak (bag, bastard, box, container, jug, pocket, sack, son-of-a-bitch, vessel), ouwel (bag, envelope, pouch, sachet, sack), houder (holder, socket), dop (bark, husk, peel, shell), buidelverpakking (bag, envelope, pouch, sachet, sack). (various references)

Farsi 

پوسته محافظ, پوست برونی (Epidermis), پا (Foot, Leg, Paw, Peg), نیام (Legume, Scabbard, Tunic, Vagina), قوزه پنبه (Boll), غلاف (Casing, Sheath, Sheathe, Vagina), تخمدان (Ovary), تشکیل نیام دادن . (various references)

Finnish

palko (legume), lisko (lizard). (various references)

French

cosse. (various references)

German

Schote (Hull, sheet rope), Hülse (bark, bushing, capsule, cartridge, case, Hull, husk, involucre, peel, shell, shuck, sleeve). (various references)

Greek 

ξεφλουδίζω (chip off, flake, husk, pare, peel, shell, shuck, skin), περικάρπιο οστρείου, φλούδα (husk, rind, shuck, skin), λοβός (hull, husk, lifter, lobe, thimble, wiper), τσόφλι (eggshell). (various references)

Hebrew 

לתרמל. (various references)

Hungarian

hüvely (barrel, cod, Hull, husk, placket, scabbard, sheath, shuck, sleeve, vagina). (various references)

Italian

baccello (Hull, husk, shuck). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

莢 (hull, shell), ポーランド語 (beeper, death, drink, drip, fall drop by drop, fried potato, mail box, making up only parts of one's face instead of doing a full make-up job, pager, pocket, pocket bell, pocket bike, pocket computer, pocket money, pocket monster, pocketable, pocket-size, poem, poetic, poetical, poetry, point, point and shoot, point getter, point of sales system, point of view, point size, pointer, pointing, poison, pole, Polish, poll, polling, ponytail, pop, pop art, pop country, pop fly, pop gospel, pop jazz, popgroup, poppy, pops, popular, popular music, pop-up, pop-up window, POS system, position, positioning, positive, positive film, positron, possibility, post, post-, post office, postcard, post-doc, poster, poster color, poster session, poster value, Post-It, postmaster, postmodern, post-process, postscript, post-season, pot, potato, potato chip, potato chips, pot-au-feu, potency, potential, pottering, soup, to break down, to fail). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ポッド , さや (hull, scabbard, shell). (various references)

Korean 

깍지 (shuck, shucks). (various references)

Manx

jannoo fynneigyn, goaill ny fynneigyn jeh, fynneig (husk). (various references)

Pig Latin

odpay.(various references)

Portuguese

vagem (hull, legume, sheath, shell, shuck, string bean). (various references)

Romanian

pãstaie (Hull, husk, legume, shell, shuck), scoate din pãstãi, sac (bag, bagful, kit, knapsack, pocket, poke, sac, sack, sackful), cireadã (herd, troop). (various references)

Russian 

стручок (cod, follicle). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

mahuna (husk, legume, shuck), ljuska (hull, husk, jacket, peel, peeling, rind, scale, shell, sherd, shuck, squama). (various references)

Spanish

vaina (husk, scabbard, seedcase, sheath, shell, shuck, take). (various references)

Swedish

skida (Hull, husk, pod to a bean, scabbard, sheath, sheathe, siliqua, ski), balja (bowl, dolly tub, Hull, scabbard, sheath, tub). (various references)

Turkish

tohum zarfı (calix, tunic), kuş sürüsü (bevy, Covey, flight, team), koza (cocoon), karın (abdomen, belly, inside, paunch, stomach, tum, tummy, Venter, ventral), kabuklanmak (crust, crust over, scab, scale), kabuk (bark, carapace, coat, cockle, cockleshell, cortes, covering, crust, encrustation, eschar, Hull, husk, incrustation, integument, jacket, mantle, nutshell, Peel, rind, scab, scale, scurf, shell, shuck, skin, squama), kabuğunu soymak (bark, decorticate, Hull, husk, pare, Peel, peel off, remove the skin, shell, shuck, skin, skin out), ipekböceği kozası, göbek (abdomen, bay window, belly, belly button, branch, center, center-piece, centre, centre-piece, core, heart, midpoint, navel, omphalic, omphalos, paunch, spare tire, spare tyre, tummy, umbilical, umbilicus), fok sürüsü, balina sürüsü, ayaklı (footed, podous, walking), ayak (buttress, foot, foot-operated, hoof, leg, pace, paw, plates, stand, step, stillage, stride, tootsy). (various references)

Turkmen 

kцsьk. (various references)

Ukrainian

стручок (follicle, husk), шкірка (peeling, pellicle, rind), кокон шовкопряда, гондола двигуна, верша (backet, bow-net, coop, creel), зграйка, збиратися зграями (pack), лущити (desquamate, husk, scale, shell, shuck, spelt), підвіска (pendant, pendicle, suspender), покриватися стручками. (various references)

Welsh

plisgyn (husk, shell), masgl (shell), cib (husk). (various references)

folliculos, siliquis. (various references)

lobus. (various references)

qirat. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "pod": podagra, podagral, podagras, podagric, podded, podding, podesta, podestas, podgier, podgiest, podgily, podgy, podia, podiatric, podiatries, podiatrist, podiatrists, podiatry, podite, podites, poditic, podium, podiums, podlike, podocarp, podomere, podomeres, podophylli, podophyllin, podophyllins, podophyllum, podophyllums, pods, podsol, podsolic, podsolization, podsolizations, podsols, podzol, podzolic, podzolization, podzolizations, podzolize, podzolized, podzolizes, podzolizing, podzols. (additional references)

Words ending with "pod": amphipod, anglepod, apod, arthropod, bipod, brachiopod, branchiopod, cephalopod, chenopod, chilopod, copepod, decapod, diplopod, endopod, gastropod, hexapod, isopod, lycopod, megapod, monkeypod, myriapod, myriopod, octopod, ornithopod, pelecypod, pereiopod, pereopod, pleopod, polypod, prosauropod, protopod, pseudopod, pteropod, rhizopod, satinpod, sauropod, seedpod, stomatopod, tetrapod, theropod, tripod, unipod, uropod. (additional references)

Words containing "pod": amphipods, anglepods, antipodal, antipodals, antipode, antipodean, antipodeans, antipodes, apodal, apodeictic, apodictic, apodictically, apodoses, apodosis, apodous, apods, arthropodan, arthropods, bipods, brachiopods, branchiopods, cephalopods, chenopods, chilopods, chiropodies, chiropodist, chiropodists, chiropody, copepods, decapodan, decapodans, decapodous, decapods, diplopods, dipodic, dipodies, dipody, endopodite, endopodites, endopods, epode, epodes, gastropods, hexapodies, hexapods, hexapody, hippodrome, hippodromes, hodgepodge, hodgepodges, hospodar. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Pod" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: epod, ipod, oood, opc, Opd, Opdo, opf, Opg, oph, opw, padc, pado, padu, paxd, Pbo, pcd, Pcdi, pdd, pdo, Pdox, pdr, pdu, pdw, ped, Pedi, pedy, pedz, pgood, phdd, phody, phold, pid, Pidd, pidy, pld, pmd, pmof, poad, poc, pode, podi, podl, podo, poed, pof, pog, poid, poj, pok, Poldhu, poo, poody, pooj, pooq, poq, pou, poud, pov, poz, ppd, prd, psd, puda, pudd, pude, pudy, pudz, Pusd, pwd, pxd, Pyd, Pyo, updo, vod, yod. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: do, od, op.

+1 letter: apod, dopa, dope, dopy, dorp, drop, oped, plod, pods, pond, pood, prod, updo.

+2 letters: adopt, apods, bipod, coped, depot, dipso, dopas, doped, doper, dopes, dopey, dorps, droop, drops, dropt, ephod, epode, hoped, loped, moped, opted, pagod, pedro, plods, podgy, podia, poind, poked, poled, ponds, poods, pored, posed, pound, poxed, prods, proud, pyoid, roped, spado, spode, toped, updos.