cod

UK/kɒd/US/kɑd/

nounB1+Common in everyday speech and writing · #5,578 of 15,258neutral

Cod is a large white sea fish, the usual one in fish and chips. Fresh cod, cod and chips, a cod fillet.

The Grand Banks fishery off Newfoundland collapsed in 1992 after centuries of fishing and has never recovered, which is the standard example of what overfishing does. The plural is cod. In British English, cod also means fake — a cod accent.

Definitions of cod

1nouncodA large white sea fish.B1+
“We had cod and chips wrapped in paper at the seaside.”

cod is a fish.

Where it comes from

Middle English cod, of uncertain origin. The fish has carried the name since at least the thirteenth century.

Middle English
cod
English, today
cod

From Middle English cod, codde, of uncertain origin:

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Food & Drink

Practise this word

cod in the wild

Cod (pl.: cod) is the common name for the demersal fish genus Gadus, belonging to the family Gadidae.
Cod
Cod livers are processed to make cod liver oil, a common source of vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, and omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA).
Cod
The Atlantic cod (pl.: cod; Gadus morhua) is a fish of the family Gadidae, widely consumed by humans.
Atlantic cod
Atlantic cod is one of the most heavily fished species.
Atlantic cod
After it was shown, in 1920, that vitamin D deficiency was the cause of rickets, cod liver oil was given as a rich source of vitamin D.
Cod liver oil

1 / 2

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

← Vocabulary

cod