pod

noun

ˈpäd How to pronounce pod (audio)
Definition of podnext
as in sheath
something that encloses another thing especially to protect it a fuel pod

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Recent Examples of pod The team hosted special screenings of the show for the pod’s super fans and were also able to attract an audience coming to Small Town Scandal cold. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026 No recovery pod, data platform or force plate can guarantee wins or prevent every injury. — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Lab employees dine with compostable cutlery, drink from compostable cups and make coffee with compostable pods. — ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026 To cut the okra into rounds, slice each pod into ½-inch thick coins. — Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pod
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pod
  1. sheath
  2. casing
  3. housing
  4. hull
  5. shell
  6. capsule
  7. covering
Noun
  • The two-time Olympic champion from Norway hadn’t raced since having surgery early this year to clean up scar tissue on the protective sheath around his left Achilles tendon.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Gay then allegedly returned to his vehicle and came back with a machete in its sheath.
    — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of sheath
Noun
  • Its front door was six inches too short for its frame and outfitted with a bathroom push knob instead of a lever handle, almost as if the original slab had been blown from its casing by an internal explosion.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
  • One of those shell casings was entered into the ATF’s National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN), which compares shell casings and other evidence and connects them to shootings involving the same firearm.
    — Mark Morales, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of casing
Noun
  • City officials say personal storage facilities can require large amounts of land that could otherwise be used for housing, retail or other developments.
    — James Taylor, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • One of the hallmarks of the financial crisis of 2007 to 2009 was the packaging of subprime mortgages into bundled securities that were then sold to investors as another way to make money from the housing boom.
    — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of housing
Noun
  • More launch capacity would extend that combat endurance without requiring a much larger hull.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026
  • People with digestive conditions that require a temporary low-fiber diet during flare-ups may also need to limit unhulled sesame seeds, since their fiber-rich outer hull can be difficult to tolerate.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of hull
Noun
  • Perfectly untraceable and perfectly legal, American shell companies became by the late 2010s the go-to tools for anyone looking to hide their financial tracks for any reason.
    — Casey Michel, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Timber roofs, wood floors and interior framing in historic buildings are extremely vulnerable to fire and can let fire jump building to building, but the load-bearing masonry shell often survives.
    — Giorgia Giardina, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of shell
Noun
  • The slogan shirt especially looms large in Lawrence’s current summer capsule.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026
  • These capsules contain the effective probiotic, Bifidobacterium longum.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of capsule
Noun
  • Joseph Howlett is a staff reporter at Scientific American covering physics, math, astronomy and more.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 13 Aug. 2026
  • But short covering has also contributed to the decline, according to S3, as investors who had wagered against SpaceX bought back stock to exit their positions.
    — Yun Li, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of covering

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“Pod.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pod. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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