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hod

noun

Definition of hod

as in jug

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Recent Examples of hod Employer Job title Member grade Alma mater So, later that year, the underweight teen got a job on a construction site carrying heavy loads of building materials in a hod, a three-sided wooden trough. — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026 When the boss brings up a subject, like the possibility of recession, subordinates will simply nod their hods. — Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025 For Alabama, the Tide remains at 25 commitments with a strong hod on the top class. — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 14 Dec. 2022 This traditional harvest basket, also known as a hod, is used to hose off produce before bringing it inside. — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 26 Oct. 2022 After a red-hod start in the first half, The Pelicans (27-22) once again had their night spoiled by a third-quarter lull that allowed the Clippers to come back from a double-digit deficit. — William Guillory, NOLA.com, 30 Jan. 2018

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Noun

Filling buckets, keeping jugs by the door, checking the faucet each morning – for many Puerto Ricans, that routine was in place long before now.

— Ivis García, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026
Officials on the island have deployed portable water tankers to communities, allowing residents to fill up containers and plastic jugs while their service is cut off.

— Christopher Cann, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of jug

Noun

Their contractor has been installing an emergency sewer holding tank that will help the hospital operate in the event of a natural disaster such as an earthquake.

— Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Some hybrid SUVs are capable of achieving over 53 miles per gallon combined, resulting in incredible driving range on a single tank of gas.

— Charles Singh, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of tank

Noun

And over at the Island Noodles booth, owner Parker Lake, who is Hawaiian by birth, stirred up huge vats of teriyaki chicken noodles in a flaming wok.

— John Ramos, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Co-founder and seventh-generation perfumer Aurélien Guichard was inspired by the massive metal vats that create lavender oil at Provence distillation factories.

— Kiana Murden, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of vat

Noun

In the bottom of the sixth inning, New Jersey pitcher/shortstop Mason Rincon homered to center field to win the game for the Metro region champions.

— CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Cubs pitcher David Peterson was coming out of the bullpen to pitch in the eighth inning after the fight took place, and the umpires were chuckling.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of pitcher

Noun

After helping one of the Dutchmen lug a keg of liquor to the game, Rip drinks several flagons, passes out, and wakes up two decades later.

— John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
Under a vaulted ceiling, academics, museum workers, and the octopus-curious passed around a flagon of Kraken Rum.

— Pearse Anderson, WIRED, 2 Jan. 2023

Definition of flagon

Noun

The bathroom has a soaking tub but also clay tilework that feels straight out of the 1980s, which will have its moment again soon enough.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 17 Aug. 2026
The other three bedrooms are nicely sized, have good closet space, and are served by a bathroom that features a soaking tub.

— James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2026