pod

1. 1.

   take something out of its shell or pod

   “pod peas or beans”

   Broadershell
2. 2.

   produce pods, of plants

   Broadergrow

Other forms of pod

plural

pods·

past tense or participle

podded

present participle

podding

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 pod

What does pod mean?

pod means "the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pod?

pod has 1 syllable: pod. In IPA it is /ˈpɑd/.

What is another word for pod?

Close synonyms include cod, seedcase, seedpod, fuel pod. 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 pod a common word?

pod is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with pod?

6 words rhyme with pod. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.