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pod¹

  • /ˈpɒd/ UK
  • /ˈpɑd/ US

Sounds like pawed (cot–caught merger) · Rhymes with -ɒd

Where it comes from

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English *pod ("seed-pod, husk, shell, outer covering"; attested in pod-ware (“legume seed; seed grain”)), itself possibly from Old English pād (“an outer garment, covering, coat, cloak”), from Proto-West Germanic *paidu, from Proto-Germanic *paidō (“coat, smock, shirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *baiteh₂- (“woolen clothes”). If so, then cognate with Old Saxon pēda (“skirt”), German dialectal Pfeid, Pfeit (“shirt”), Gothic 𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰 (paida, “mantle, skirt”), and perhaps Albanian petk (“gown, garment, dress, suit”) and Ancient Greek βαίτη (baítē, “goat-skin, fur-coat, tent”).

noun pods

  1. A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod.

    Similar: capsule, case, container, hull, husk, shell, seedpod, vessel

  2. A very small room or space for one person to inhabit, as in a capsule hotel.
  3. A small vehicle, especially used in emergency situations; see escape pod. Near-synonym: escape pod

    Similar: escape pod

  4. A nicotine cartridge.
  5. UK, dialectal, obsolete A bag; a pouch.
  6. A small section of a larger office, compartmentalised for a specific purpose.
  7. A subsection of a prison, containing a number of inmates.
  8. collective A group of whales, dolphins, seals, porpoises or hippopotami. Thar she blows! I point to a pod of beluga whales we encountered in Cunningham Inlet off Somerset Island during our third and final season.

    Similar: gam

  9. A group of people who regularly interact.
  10. A set of commercials to be shown together. These ads are shown during commercial breaks when there is no game action. Usually, multiple spots are grouped into a pod of commercials.
  11. A small group (usually 3 or 4) of forwards working together as a group in open play.
  12. A lie-flat seat in business or first class.
  13. A tapered, cylindrical body of ore or minerals.
  14. A straight channel or groove in the body of certain forms of, usually tapered, augers and boring-bits.
  15. Internet, abbreviation, clipping, informal Clipping of podcast I'd started shopping at 2 a.m., and the pod I listened to while shopping was almost through, so had to be 3 damn near.
  16. abbreviation, clipping, informal Clipping of isopod

verb pods · podding · podded

  1. intransitive To bear or produce pods Wherefore it was, that many ignorant Mardians, who had not pushed their investigations into the science of physiology, sagely divined, that the Tapparians must have podded into life like peas, instead of being otherwise indebted for their existence.
  2. transitive To remove peas from their case.
  3. intransitive, transitive To put into a pod or to enter a pod. Thus the torpedoes will have to be stored internally or be podded into streamline containers.
  4. intransitive To swell or fill.

POD²

noun PODs

  1. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of print on demand
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of proof of delivery
  3. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of plain old data
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of point of divergence
  5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of place of death Vickers et al. found that at entry to the study, that is, when it was thought that cure was no longer possible, 98 (68%) of 164 families recorded a preference for home as POD.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: seedpod, seedcase, shell, cod, fuel pod, clove, bay, hull, plant, pot, vat, dish, worm, cocoon, tub, coke

Translations

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noun seed case

Españolvaina, capi
한국어깍지 kkakji
日本語さや saya
中文莢 /荚 jiá
हिन्दीफली phalī
Kiswahilitumba
Portuguêsvagem
Françaiscosse, gousse
DeutschSchote, Hülse, Kapsel
Italianobuccia, baccello
Ελληνικάχέδρωπας chédropas
Românăpăstaie
Русскийстручо́к stručók

noun small vehicle

Españolcápsula
Portuguêscápsula
Françaisnacelle
DeutschRettungskapsel, Kabine
Italianocapsula, navicella
Ελληνικάάκατος ákatos
Русскийка́псула kápsula

noun group of whales or similar mammals

Españolmanada
DeutschSchule, Herde
Русскийкося́к kosják

verb To remove peas from their case

Françaisécosser
Deutschenthülsen, auslösen, pulen, auspulen
Românăcapsulă
Русскийлущи́ть luščítʹ

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@misc{pod_2026,
  title = {pod},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pod},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}