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Meaning of 'crock' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Crock [ n.]
- The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring matter which rubs off from cloth.
- A low stool.
- Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher.
2 . Crock [ v. i.]
- To give off crock or smut.
3 . Crock [ v. t.]
- To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.
- To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter.

Meaning of 'crock' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . crock [ n]
Meaning (1):
- nonsense; foolish talk
Example in sentence:
  • that's a crock

Nearby Words:

cro-quette croak croaked croaker croaking croat croatian crocein croceous crocetin

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