pod: Meaning and Definition of

pod

1. a somewhat elongated, two-valved seed vessel, as that of the pea or bean.
2. a dehiscent fruit or pericarp having several seeds.
1. an insect egg case.
2. a compact mass of insect eggs.
4. a streamlined enclosure, housing, or detachable container of some kind: an engine pod under the wing of an aircraft.
5. a protective compartment, as for an automobile's instrument gauges.
6. an orebody that has an elongated or lenticular shape.
7. a cluster of brief commercials or spot announcements.

1. to produce pods.
2. to swell out like a pod.

pod

1. a small herd or school, esp. of seals or whales.
2. a small flock of birds.

pod

1. the straight groove or channel in the body of certain augers or bits.
2. pad (def. 15b).

pod-

1. a learned borrowing from Greek meaning “foot,” used in the formation of compound words: pododynia.

-pod

1. a combining form meaning “one having a foot” of the kind or number specified by the initial element; often corresponding to Neo-Latin class names ending inwithused in English to name a single member of such a class:Cf. cephalopod.

POD

1. port of debarkation.

p.o.'d

1. See

P.O.D.

1. pay on delivery.
2. Post Office Department.