pod

Speech parts

1. pod - Noun

2. pod - Verb

Meaning

A bag; a pouch.

A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous.

A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; -- said of seals.

To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cod husk shell container capsule seedpod seedcase fuel pod berry flay boll peel hull sac case
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Antonyms

few spread middle core interior unfold
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Hypernyms

get produce fruit husk develop grow

Hyponyms

peanut legume okra cowage loment pea pod

Phrases with the word

like two peas in a pod like peas in a pod two peas in a pod screw pod mesquite as alike as two peas in a pod as like as two peas in a pod

Derivatives

podded podding

Examples

An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as two peas in the same pod. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Open the pod bay doors, Hal. Arthur C. Clarke

Maybe it's every kid's dream to go into a pod and come out looking like Captain America. And you don't even have to exercise or lift weights! It's great! Joe Johnston

Great people that performed in "Piwnica pod Baranami" often hated each other. Jerzy Vetulani

A whole bunch of months passed and I didn't hear anything and then he emailed and asked if I could do a little piece on POD and Queens of the Stone Age. Chuck Klosterman

When it's warm the pea loses its pod. Malawi Proverb

Close letter words and terms

poculiform poculum POCUS pod auger pod bit pod corn