Cod Meaning
/kɒd/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA type of sea fish or the meat from said fish.
nounAny of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fish., A sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus).
Sentence Examples
Have you ever been to Cape Cod?
Children hate cod liver oil.
My grandmother had a delicious recipe for cod.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The fisherman caught a large ____ near the rocky shore.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We had fresh ____ and chips for dinner at the local restaurant.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English cod, codde, of uncertain origin: * Oldest English form cotfich as a surname in the 13th century; for more see cot (“chamber, cottage”). * A bag or pouch, related to its bloated shape; see Etymology 2 below. * From Latin gadus, from Ancient Greek γάδος (gádos, “cod”) with a possible pre-Greek or Semitic origin; for more see Atargatis, Cetus, and κῆτος (kêtos). Cognate with the genus name, translingual Gadus.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"There is a Cod, or Bag, that groweth commonly in the Fields;"
— 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylua syluarum: or A naturall historie In ten centuries:
"The Bunt is to a Sail,[The Bunt of a Sail.] as the Cod to a Net, being the very Pouch, or Bag of the Sail; and therefore all Sails have this Bunt,"
— 1685, Nathaniel Boteler, Six dialogues about sea-services between an high-admiral and a captain at sea:
"Perspective view of the gear, showing important parts: b, beam; bl. belly; br, brail; bt, bating; c cod end, or bag;"
— 1932, The Philippine Journal of Science - Volume 48, page 410:
"And he wolde fayne have filled his bely with the coddes, that the swyne ate: and noo man gave hym."
— 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke:
"and I remember the wooing of a peascod instead of her, from whom I tooke two cods, and giuing her them againe, said with weeping teares, weare these for my sake: wee that are true Louers, runne into strange capers; but as all is mortall in nature, so is all nature in loue, mortall in folly."
— 1603, William Shakespeare, As You Like It:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The fisherman caught a large ____ near the rocky shore.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We had fresh ____ and chips for dinner at the local restaurant.