# pod

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɒd/ · frequency rank #11,087

## Definitions
1. A self-contained unit, container, or enclosure that holds, protects, or transports something.
2. A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod.
3. A small vehicle, especially used in emergency situations.
4. A bag; a pouch.
5. A group of whales, dolphins, seals, porpoises or hippopotami.
6. A group of people who regularly interact.
7. A small section of a larger office, compartmentalised for a specific purpose.
8. A subsection of a prison, containing a number of inmates.
9. A very small room or space for one person to inhabit, as in a capsule hotel.
10. A nicotine cartridge.
11. A lie-flat business or first class seat.
12. A tapered, cylindrical body of ore or minerals.
13. A straight channel or groove in the body of certain forms of, usually tapered, augers and boring-bits.
14. Clipping of podcast.
15. A set of commercials to be shown together.
16. In rugby union, a small group (usually 3 or 4) of forwards working together as a group in open play.
17. Clipping of isopod.

## Etymology
Origin 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **PP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pod-vs-pp)
- **PR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pod-vs-pr)
- **pt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pod-vs-pt)
- **PS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pod-vs-ps)
- **PU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pod-vs-pu)
- **PV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pod-vs-pv)
- **PW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pod-vs-pw)
- **PX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pod-vs-px)
- **put** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pod-vs-put)
- **pro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pod-vs-pro)
- **pop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pod-vs-pop)
- **pot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pod-vs-pot)
- **pub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pod-vs-pub)
- **pos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pod-vs-pos)
- **ppl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pod-vs-ppl)
- **pup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pod-vs-pup)
- **Poe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pod-vs-poe)
- **pun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pod-vs-pun)
- **poo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pod-vs-poo)
- **PSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pod-vs-psa)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pod