CROCK

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 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)

Sense 1

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:

carbon black; crock; lampblack; smut; soot

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)

Sense 2

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)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An earthen jar (made of baked clay)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

crock; earthenware jar

Hypernyms ("crock" is a kind of...):

jar (a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles)

Derivation:

crock (soil with or as with crock)

• CROCK (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they crock    ... he / she / it crocks   
Past simple: crocked   
Past participle: crocked   
-ing form: crocking   

Sense 1

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

Sense 2

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

Derivation:

crock (an earthen jar (made of baked clay))

 Context examples 

A shockingly ugly old creature, miss; almost as black as a crock.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)