CROCK
What does "CROCK" mean?
A thick earthenware pot or jar, especially one used for cooking or storage.
Meanings
- An earthenware pot, jar, or container. She kept the sourdough starter in a glazed crock on the counter.
- Nonsense; something false or worthless, as in 'a crock'. His excuse was a load of crock and everyone knew it. informal
- An old or broken-down person, animal, or vehicle. That old crock of a car barely starts in winter. informal
Word origin
From Old English 'crocc' (pot, vessel), of Germanic origin and related to Dutch 'kruik' and German 'Krug'.
Remember it
A CROCK is a ROCK-hard pot with a C in front - solid, fired clay you could knock on.
A little poem
Fired clay outlasts the hands that turned the wheel;
the crock keeps what the maker cannot feel.
couplet
Wordplay
- He swore his grandmother's stew recipe was priceless. I said it sounded like a crock - and the slow cooker agreed.
What it teaches
A plain pot outlives the feast it held: humble vessels carry more history than the meals we remember.
Quick facts
What does CROCK mean?
A thick earthenware pot or jar, especially one used for cooking or storage.
Is CROCK a valid word?
Yes — CROCK is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CROCK?
CROCK has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CROCK come from?
From Old English 'crocc' (pot, vessel), of Germanic origin and related to Dutch 'kruik' and German 'Krug'.
What can CROCK teach us?
A plain pot outlives the feast it held: humble vessels carry more history than the meals we remember.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.