The meaning of Pod

noun

A small case or container, especially a round or cylindrical one.

Usage examples:

He showed us the cylinder of the gun filled with six plastic capsules

noun

A small container

noun

A measured amount of medicine in a very small, rounded, soft container which is swallowed

Usage examples:

The apollo 11 capsule

noun

An instance of a particular situation; an example of something occurring.

Usage examples:

A case of mistaken identity

verb

Surround in a material or substance.

Usage examples:

The towers are of steel cased in granite

noun

A particular situation or example of something

Usage examples:

We don’t normally accept credits from courses taken at another university, but we’ll make an except…

noun

The main body of a ship or other vessel, including the bottom, sides, and deck but not the masts, superstructure, rigging, engines, and other fittings.

Usage examples:

The main structural bulkhead supports the hull sides at the chain plates and the cabin top at the m…

verb

Hit and pierce the hull of (a ship) with a missile.

Usage examples:

The ship was being hulled and all would die

verb

Remove the hulls from (fruit, seeds, or grain).

Usage examples:

First, rinse and hull the berries

noun

The dry outer covering of some fruits or seeds.

Usage examples:

The fibrous husk of the coconut

verb

Remove the husk or husks from.

Usage examples:

They set up mills to husk the rice

verb

Say something in a husky voice.

Usage examples:

‘what big blue eyes you have,’ husked lorenzo

noun

A leguminous plant (member of the pea family), especially one grown as a crop.

Usage examples:

He sows a mixture of grasses and legumes

noun

A plant that has its seeds in a pod, such as the bean or pea

noun

The part of a fruit formed from the wall of the ripened ovary.

Usage examples:

Fruits had the pericarps removed and the seeds were stratified.

noun

The layer that develops from the ovary wall around the seed of a plant after it is fertilized and forms the skin and flesh of the fruit

noun

An outer covering such as a husk or pod, especially the husk of an ear of maize.

Usage examples:

Regional fuels like steam from the deep earth or excess corn shucks will enter custom-designed micr…

exclamation

Used to express surprise, regret, irritation, or, in response to praise, self-deprecation.

Usage examples:

‘thank you for getting it.’ ‘oh, shucks, it was nothing.’

verb

Remove the shucks from maize or shellfish.

Usage examples:

Shuck and drain the oysters