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# crock

noun (crock, crocks)

«crock» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A crock is a large pot of thick brown clay, used in the kitchen to keep food such as butter, or to store things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crock/#m1)
2. (informal, British) «A load of crock» means rubbish or nonsense. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crock/#m2)

### In the lessons

in the tales a crock is a big earthen pot that holds butter or other food, kept in a cool place

### Examples

- «How much butter will it take to fill your crock?» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crock/#x1)
- She put the salted butter into the crock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crock/#x2)
- The old crock stood by the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crock/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; a crock is a container, and a question may ask how many scoops fill it, but the word itself gives no number.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «crock» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crock/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«crock» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/crock.html) on Mova free.