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crock

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/kɹɒk/ English

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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”
  4. An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe).“old crocks race”

verb

  1. To break something or injure someone.
  2. (leatherworking) To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.
  3. To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage.
  4. To put or store (something) in a crock or pot.

noun

  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 give off crock or smut.

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