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   pod

   /pɒd/

   noun

   • 1. an elongated seed vessel of a leguminous plant such as the pea, splitting open on both sides when ripe: "gorse pods were popping in the sun"
   • ▪ the egg case of a locust.
   • ▪ a body of rock or sediment whose length greatly exceeds its other dimensions: "chalk-rich pods of glaciofluvial sands and gravels"
   • ▪ a narrow-necked purse net for catching eels.
   • 2. a detachable or self-contained unit on an aircraft, spacecraft, vehicle, or vessel, having a particular function: "the aircraft returned with their bomb pods empty"
   • ▪ a small self-contained building, structure, or compartment: "we were in our own cinema pod with control over the temperature and volume"

   verb

   • 1. (of a plant) bear or form pods: "the peas have failed to pod"
   • 2. remove (peas or beans) from their pods prior to cooking: "our friends would pick and pod the peas and beans"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: of uncertain origin; perhaps a back-formation from dialect podder ‘field crops’, of unknown origin, or perhaps an alteration of cod ‘bag, seed pod’ (see codpiece).

   Derivatives

   • 1. podlike adjective

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • P

     3

   • O

     1

   • D

     2

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