pod
A seed case for legumesA self-contained unit, container, or enclosure that holds, protects, or transports something.: A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod.
» Tom and Mary are like two peas in a pod.
Meaning
14 sensesA self-contained unit, container, or enclosure that holds, protects, or transports something.
A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod.
Schote, Hülse, Kapsel
стручо́кstručók
стручо́кstručók
A very small room or space for one person to inhabit, as in a capsule hotel.
A small vehicle, especially used in emergency situations; see escape pod.
Near-synonym: escape pod
Rettungskapsel, Kabine
ка́псулаkápsula
A nicotine cartridge.
A small, self-contained unit within a larger system.
A small section of a larger office, compartmentalised for a specific purpose.
A subsection of a prison, containing a number of inmates.
A group or collective.
(collective)A group of whales, dolphins, seals, porpoises or hippopotami.
Schule, Herde
кося́кkosják
A group of people who regularly interact.
A set of commercials to be shown together.
A small group (usually 3 or 4) of forwards working together as a group in open play.
A lie-flat seat in business or first class.
A tapered, cylindrical body of ore or minerals.
- a detachable container of fuel on an airplane
- a group of aquatic mammals
- a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant
- the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
Examples
55 sentencesTom and Mary are like two peas in a pod.
These twins are like two peas in a pod.
Ці близнюки схожі як дві краплі води.
ruЭти близнецы похожи как две капли воды.
He and his brother are two peas in a pod.
Вони з братом — два чоботи пара.
The peas have failed to pod.
Karl was in a space pod.
Translations
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Origin
Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English *pod ("seed-pod, husk, shell, outer coveringOrigin uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English *pod ("seed-pod, husk, shell, outer covering"; attested in pod-ware (“legume seed; seed grain”)), itself possibly from Old English pād (“an outer garment, covering, coat, cloak”), from Proto-West Germanic *paidu, from Proto-Germanic *paidō (“coat, smock, shirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *baiteh₂- (“woolen clothes”). If so, then cognate with Old Saxon pēda (“skirt”), German dialectal Pfeid, Pfeit (“shirt”), Gothic 𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰 (paida, “mantle, skirt”), and perhaps Albanian petk (“gown, garment, dress, suit”) and Ancient Greek βαίτη (baítē, “goat-skin, fur-coat, tent”).
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