crock

1. 1.

   a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink

   Synonymscarbon blacklampblacksootsmut

   Broadercarbon
2. 2.

   nonsense; foolish talk

   “that's a crock”

   Broadernonsense
3. 3.

   an earthen jar (made of baked clay)

   Synonymsearthenware jar

   Broaderjar

1. 1.

   release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric

   Broaderrun
2. 2.

   soil with or as with crock

   Broaderdirty

Other forms of crock

plural

crocks·

past tense

crocked·

present participle

crocking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about crock

What does crock mean?

crock means "a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in crock?

crock has 1 syllable: crock. In IPA it is /ˈkɹɑk/.

What is another word for crock?

Close synonyms include carbon black, lampblack, soot, smut, earthenware jar. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is crock a common word?

crock is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.