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cod1 definition

cod (käd)

noun pl. cod or cods

any of various gadoid fishes of northern seas, important as a source of cod-liver oil and food, esp. any of a genus (Gadus) with firm flesh and soft fins, found off the coast of Newfoundland and Norway

Etymology: ME < ? cod, in reference to shape

cod2 definition

cod (käd)

noun

  1. Archaic a bag
  2. Dialectal a pod; husk
  3. Obsolete the scrotum

Etymology: ME < OE codd, akin to ON koddi, cushion < IE *geut- < base *geu-, to bend, arch > cot, L guttur, throat

cod3 definition

cod (käd)

noun

  1. a hoax; trick
  2. a parody or satire

adjective

  1. mock; sham
  2. parodic or satirical

transitive verb

  1. to fool, hoax, trick, etc.
  2. to tease
Cod definition

Cod (käd)

hook-shaped peninsula in E Mass. from Buzzards Bay to Provincetown: 64 mi (103 km) long

Etymology: < fish name

COD1 definition

COD (käd)

noun

  1. the amount of oxidizing agent needed to oxidize the organic and oxidizable inorganic matter in waste water
  2. this matter in the waste water

Etymology: c(hemical) o(xyen) d(emand)

COD2 definition

☆ COD or cod

cash, or collect, on delivery

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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