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noun krɒkkrɑk 1An earthenware pot or jar. the runner beans were then packed in layers of salt in large crocks Example sentencesExamples - The first piece they bought together was a crock decorated with cobalt blue flowers for $150.
- Otherwise dump the contents of the crocks or vat into food-grade plastic mesh bags or cheesecloth and squeeze out as much wine as you can into a clean basin.
- No, I do not have to go to the co-op, scoop it from a flyblown communal vat with a wooden spoon, put it in my reusable crock and carry it to the barter-counter with the handy hemp handle.
- She salted beans and onions in a crock, made jam and pickles, and preserved eggs.
- Similarly, ‘printed’ butter could also be packed in large crocks, covered with salt water, and cooled in the springhouse.
- During the winter months we go with crocks instead of water bottles for all of our outside rabbits.
- From the bottom of her basket, she took a crock of salve.
- How do they always hide their gold in a crock, or a pot, at the end of a rainbow?
- The brandied chicken-liver pâté (the sort of thing an ambitious Houston cook might pack into crocks to give friends at Christmas) still has the power to engage.
- Some of the houses were smaller than 10 square metres yet were packed with all kinds of wine crocks, failing to meet the necessary health and sanitation standards.
- You will need a large container for aging - big wide-mouthed glass jars with tightly sealing lids or ceramic crocks with lids are ideal.
- But if you leave some salted and spiced cabbage leaves in a crock for a few weeks, the germ fairy will replace the contents with kimchi while you sleep.
- I purchased some much needed essentials for my utensil crock, an apron, a new tart pan and some hand soap.
- When we were nearly done planting, Michael went down to the root cellar and brought back a bucket and two earthenware crocks.
- The slices are then packed into a crock, which may first be lined with whole clean leaves.
- Feeling he should express gratitude for the woman's kindness, he held up the crock of salt pork and onions, but the words just wouldn't come.
- A hen in a basket pokes her head out to drink from a chipped crock.
- Place six soup crocks on a sheet pan and ladle some soup into each.
- The beans, most often scarlet runners, were sliced and salted in a crock for the winter.
- The sight of glazed russet crocks bearing chunky chicken scarpariello, steamy bowls of cioppino, and baked calamari gives an unexpected pleasure.
Synonyms earthenware pot, pot, jar, urn, pitcher, jug, ewer vessel, container, receptacle, repository North American creamer historical jorum archaic reservatory - 1.1 A broken piece of earthenware.
Example sentencesExamples - Last month's included a tip new to me, using teabags instead of crocks for the bottom of containers.
- 1.2 A plate, cup, or other item of crockery.
I ate my tea and then I washed up the dirty crocks Example sentencesExamples - In fact, if the dirty crocks get too mountainous, they can simply chuck them away.
- Peter fires a hose of steaming water at the crocks before they're run through the main dishwashers.
Synonyms crockery, pots, dishes, plates, bowls, cups dinner things, tea things pottery, earthenware, stoneware
2North American informal Something considered to be complete nonsense. this whole business of an electronic community is a crock
Origin Old English croc, crocca, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse krukka and probably to Dutch kruik and German Krug. Rhymes ad hoc, amok, Bangkok, baroque, belle époque, bloc, block, bock, brock, chock, chock-a-block, clock, doc, dock, floc, flock, frock, hock, hough, interlock, jock, knock, langue d'oc, lock, Locke, Médoc, mock, nock, o'clock, pock, post hoc, roc, rock, schlock, shock, smock, sock, Spock, stock, wok, yapok noun krɒkkrɑk British informal 1An old person who is considered to be feeble and useless. I'm an old crock and he's an old buffer Example sentencesExamples - How, a perplexed public is asking, did a thirty-nine year old crock manage to swim through the air and prevent what was a certain goal?
- As we sprinted away from home plate, I found myself in the disconcerting position of being a step behind the old crock.
- He plays a pompous old crock of a secondary teacher.
- 1.1 An old and worn-out vehicle.
verb krɒkkrɑk [with object]British informal Injure (a person or part of the body) he crocked a shoulder in the test against South Africa the striker was crocked in a practice match Example sentencesExamples - We started to get our excuses in early this year as soon the wunderkind crocked his toe.
- Not one, or two, but three members of the governing group on City of York Council have crocked legs.
- He has a habit, he admits ruefully, of crocking himself.
- He had got off to a flyer in the first Test against New Zealand, and then crocked his shoulder.
- Has anyone else nearly crocked their ankle on the newly re-laid cobbles?
Origin Late Middle English: perhaps from Flemish, and probably related to crack. Originally a Scots term for an old ewe, it came in the late 19th century to denote an old or broken-down horse. nounkrɑkkräk 1An earthenware pot or jar. Example sentencesExamples - The first piece they bought together was a crock decorated with cobalt blue flowers for $150.
- Otherwise dump the contents of the crocks or vat into food-grade plastic mesh bags or cheesecloth and squeeze out as much wine as you can into a clean basin.
- The beans, most often scarlet runners, were sliced and salted in a crock for the winter.
- During the winter months we go with crocks instead of water bottles for all of our outside rabbits.
- Some of the houses were smaller than 10 square metres yet were packed with all kinds of wine crocks, failing to meet the necessary health and sanitation standards.
- Place six soup crocks on a sheet pan and ladle some soup into each.
- I purchased some much needed essentials for my utensil crock, an apron, a new tart pan and some hand soap.
- You will need a large container for aging - big wide-mouthed glass jars with tightly sealing lids or ceramic crocks with lids are ideal.
- When we were nearly done planting, Michael went down to the root cellar and brought back a bucket and two earthenware crocks.
- She salted beans and onions in a crock, made jam and pickles, and preserved eggs.
- A hen in a basket pokes her head out to drink from a chipped crock.
- Similarly, ‘printed’ butter could also be packed in large crocks, covered with salt water, and cooled in the springhouse.
- The brandied chicken-liver pâté (the sort of thing an ambitious Houston cook might pack into crocks to give friends at Christmas) still has the power to engage.
- How do they always hide their gold in a crock, or a pot, at the end of a rainbow?
- No, I do not have to go to the co-op, scoop it from a flyblown communal vat with a wooden spoon, put it in my reusable crock and carry it to the barter-counter with the handy hemp handle.
- But if you leave some salted and spiced cabbage leaves in a crock for a few weeks, the germ fairy will replace the contents with kimchi while you sleep.
- From the bottom of her basket, she took a crock of salve.
- The slices are then packed into a crock, which may first be lined with whole clean leaves.
- The sight of glazed russet crocks bearing chunky chicken scarpariello, steamy bowls of cioppino, and baked calamari gives an unexpected pleasure.
- Feeling he should express gratitude for the woman's kindness, he held up the crock of salt pork and onions, but the words just wouldn't come.
Synonyms earthenware pot, pot, jar, urn, pitcher, jug, ewer - 1.1 A broken piece of earthenware.
Example sentencesExamples - Last month's included a tip new to me, using teabags instead of crocks for the bottom of containers.
2North American informal Something considered to be complete nonsense.
Origin Old English croc, crocca, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse krukka and probably to Dutch kruik and German Krug. nounkrɑkkräk informal An old person who is feeble and useless. Example sentencesExamples - He plays a pompous old crock of a secondary teacher.
- As we sprinted away from home plate, I found myself in the disconcerting position of being a step behind the old crock.
- How, a perplexed public is asking, did a thirty-nine year old crock manage to swim through the air and prevent what was a certain goal?
verbkrɑkkräk [with object]informal Cause an injury to (a person or part of the body) Example sentencesExamples - Not one, or two, but three members of the governing group on City of York Council have crocked legs.
- He has a habit, he admits ruefully, of crocking himself.
- We started to get our excuses in early this year as soon the wunderkind crocked his toe.
- Has anyone else nearly crocked their ankle on the newly re-laid cobbles?
- He had got off to a flyer in the first Test against New Zealand, and then crocked his shoulder.
Origin Late Middle English: perhaps from Flemish, and probably related to crack. Originally a Scots term for an old ewe, it came in the late 19th century to denote an old or broken-down horse. |