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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

After removing the protective packaging materials, installing the build platform and resin vat, and attaching the resin feed system, the printer is essentially ready to go.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of vat

Noun

For years, the Giants managed to avoid losing all but a few of their better young pitchers to Tommy John surgery.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Max Clark hit his first home run at Comerica Park and five Tigers pitchers combined to allow one run as Detroit ended a six-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night.

— CBS News, CBS News, 26 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