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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

Michigan leads the series 78-25-3, including a 74-23-2 mark when the jug has been at stake.

— Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Use seedbeds, plug trays, or milk jugs for better seedling management; transplant seedlings in spring.

— Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of jug

Noun

One positive sample was from a tank that held outgoing wastewater from a processing facility, the agency said.

— Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
The seconds-long loop consists of a purple image of a tank silhouette moving rapidly across the picture plane and patterned with what resemble dithered approximations of analog video interference.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of tank

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But the film most shoots the moon on the performance of Jeremy Strong, whose Zuckerberg is what would happen if The Truman Show’s Christof fell in a vat of acid and emerged as a cross between The Joker and Sheldon Cooper.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Any oakiness is put there with chips dumped into steel vats and left to soak.

— Peter Hahn, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of vat

Noun

Freeman said the Braves have done a good job keeping the Dodgers’ hitters off-balance by emptying their bullpen, sending in a fresh pitcher every couple of innings.

— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
The Cleveland Guardians could only muster three hits against five White Sox pitchers in Game 1.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 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

Solid prewar with 850 square feet of space, a windowed kitchen that’s renovated and kind of cute, a windowed bathroom with a good tub.

— Nora Deligter, Curbed, 2 Oct. 2026
Somewhere in that data is the next John, along with the ice, monitor, and tub that should be ready to receive him.

— Vibhu Krishna, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026

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