hod
pronunciation
How to pronounce hod in British English:
UK [hɒd]
How to pronounce hod in American English:
US [hɑd]
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- Noun:
- an open box attached to a long pole handle; bricks or mortar are carried on the shoulder
Word Origin
- hod (n.)
- 1570s, alteration of Middle English hott "pannier" (c. 1300), from Old French hotte "basket to carry on the back," apparently from Frankish *hotta or some other Germanic source (compare Middle High German hotze "cradle"). Altered by influence of cognate Middle Dutch hodde "basket."
Example
- 1. I hod steeled myself to manage without it .
- 2. I knew I hod been touched by love .
- 3. Hod lipson 's fab-at-home fabber will make 3d objects right on your desktop .
- 4. He 'd got a job as a hod carrier on a building site .
- 5. Index system and met hod of residential environmental evaluation in inner cities .