CROCK
Dictionary entry overview: What does crock mean?
• CROCK (noun)
The noun CROCK has 3 senses:
1. a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
2. nonsense; foolish talk
3. an earthen jar (made of baked clay)
Familiarity information: CROCK used as a noun is uncommon.
• CROCK (verb)
The verb CROCK has 2 senses:
1. release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric
2. soil with or as with crock
Familiarity information: CROCK used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CROCK (noun)
Meaning:
A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
soot; smut; lampblack; crock; carbon black
Hypernyms ("crock" is a kind of...):
atomic number 6; C; carbon (an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds)
Meaning:
Nonsense; foolish talk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
that's a crock
Hypernyms ("crock" is a kind of...):
bunk; hokum; meaninglessness; nonsense; nonsensicality (a message that seems to convey no meaning)
Meaning:
An earthen jar (made of baked clay)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
earthenware jar; crock
Hypernyms ("crock" is a kind of...):
jar (a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles)
• CROCK (verb)
Meaning:
Release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "crock" is one way to...):
bleed; run (be diffused)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Soil with or as with crock
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "crock" is one way to...):
begrime; bemire; colly; dirty; grime; soil (make soiled, filthy, or dirty)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
