CROCK

Crock

A crock is a pottery container sometimes used for food and water, synonymous with the word pot, and sometimes used for chemicals. Derivative terms include crockery and crock-pot.

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crock

Noun

  1. A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
  2. A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
  3. A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.
    Old crocks’ home = home for the aged
  4. An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse).
    Old crocks race = veteran car rally
  5. Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.
    That is a bunch of crock.
    The story is a crock.
  6. A low stool.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut.
  2. Colouring matter that rubs off from cloth.

Verb

  1. To break something or injure someone.
    Thousands of cars crocked by dodgy fuel
    Ferreira ... peremptorily expunges England’s World Cup chances by crocking Wayne Rooney.
  2. To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.
    Colored fabrics should be dried separately for the first few times to prevent crocking (rubbing off of dye).
    In leather garments, lining also prevents crocking of color onto skin or garments worn underneath.
  3. To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage.
  4. To store (butter, etc.) in a crock.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To give off crock or smut.


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