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28 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. pod
  2. -pod
  3. pod auger
  4. pod bit
  5. pod blight
  6. pod borer
  7. pod corn
  8. pod fern
  9. pod mahogany
  10. pod maize
  11. pod pepper
  12. pod rot
  13. pod shrimp
  14. pod spot
  15. bean-pod borer
  16. black pod
  17. brown pod
  18. drop pod
  19. Gambia pod
  20. garad pod
  21. lima-bean pod borer
  22. locust pod
  23. screw pod
  24. sheep-pod
  25. spectacle pod
  26. turkey pod
  27. woolly-pod
  28. edible-podded pea

1pod

noun \ˈpäd\

Definition of POD

1
: a bit socket in a brace
2
: a straight groove or channel in the barrel of an auger

Origin of POD

origin unknown
First Known Use: 1573

Other Hardware Terms

adze, auger, awl, chock, ferrule, punch, tang

Rhymes with POD

bod, clod, fade, Fahd, gaud, god, hod, mod, nod, od, odd, plod, prod, quad, quod, rod, scrod, shod, sod, squad, tod, wad

2pod

noun

Definition of POD

1
: a dry dehiscent pericarp or fruit that is composed of one or more carpels; especially : legume
2
a : an anatomical pouch
b : a grasshopper egg case
3
: a tapered and roughly cylindrical body of ore or mineral
4
: a usually protective container or housing: as
a : a streamlined compartment (as for fuel) under the wings or fuselage of an aircraft
b : a compartment (as for personnel, a power unit, or an instrument) on a ship or craft

Origin of POD

probably alteration of cod bag — more at codpiece
First Known Use: 1688

Other Seed Plant Terms

aubergine, box, bramble, briar, composite, perpetual, pulse, trefoil

3pod

intransitive verb
pod·dedpod·ding

Definition of POD

: to produce pods

First Known Use of POD

1734

Other Botany Terms

annual, burgeon, chloroplast, nomenclature, succulent, sylvan, xylem

4pod

noun

Definition of POD

: a number of animals (as whales) clustered together

Origin of POD

origin unknown
First Known Use: 1832

POD

abbreviation

Definition of POD

1
payable on death
2
pay on delivery

Other Postal Terms

cancel, frank, indicia, philatelist

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