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Synonyms for crock

  • noun

Most common

carbon black lamp-black pot bucket falsehood hoopy

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Carbon black

lamp-black, carbon black, soot, smut

2. Banger — an old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe)

banger UK, beater

Other

pot, bucket, falsehood, hoopy

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe).

  2. n. 2

    A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.

Related words

Word family
crockware crockery
Phrases
crock up crock cheese crock haircut

Forms

Plural
crocks → lamp-blacks, soots, smuts, bangers…

Example sentences

  • pot All Ziri needs to do is to keep an eye on the pot.
  • bucket I have to peel a whole bucket of apples for a jam.
  • falsehood It is difficult to distinguish truth from falsehood.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
crockrising
potrising
bucketrising
falsehoodsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
pot1
4 letters
soot1, smut1
5 letters
hoopy
6 letters
bucket2, beater2, banger2
9 letters
falsehood2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bucket2 = 2 syllables).