noun
- a long seed case of a plant such as a pea or bean
- a detachable compartment of a spacecraft or aircraft
- a small group of marine mammals, especially whales or dolphins
verb
- to produce pods
- to remove seeds from pods
Examples
- She split open the pea pod to reveal six green peas inside.
- The beans are ready to harvest when the pods turn brown.
- The escape pod ejected from the damaged spacecraft.
- A pod of dolphins swam alongside our boat.
- The garden peas are beginning to pod.
- We spent the afternoon podding beans for dinner.
- The astronauts climbed into the lunar landing pod.