different between soddie vs sod

English

Alternative forms

• soddy

Etymology

From sod +? -ie.

Noun

soddie (plural soddies)

1. (US, Canada, informal) A house constructed from blocks of sod, once common in the prairies of the United States and Canada.
   • 1988, Glenda Riley, The Female Frontier, page 87,

     The soddie could be a freestanding structure made of slabs of sod cut by a plow, or it could be a dugout partially bored into the side of a hill or into the ground.

   • 1995, Julie Garwood, Prince Charming, page 247,

     I learned how to make a soddie into a home.

   • 2004, Marie Kramer, Grandchildren of the Pioneers, page 56,

     “Living in a soddy!” exclaimed Marie. “I didn't know there was anyone alive today who lived in a soddy. In our part of Nebraska, soddies went out of existence around the beginning of the 1900s.”

     “Oh, we had soddies for a long time after that,” said Robert. “This area was too poor to afford lumber for housing. Quite a few of us lived in soddies when we were kids.”

   • 2010, Brenda K. Marshall, Dakota, Or What's a Heaven For, unnumbered page,

     It is better now that we do not live in the soddie, but to Mor it does not seem better.

Anagrams

• didoes, diodes, sodide

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?d/
• Rhymes: -?d
• Homophone: sawed (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Etymology 1

From Middle English sod, sodde [attested since mid-15^th c.], from Middle Dutch zoden (“turf”) or Middle Low German sôde, soede (“turf”), both related to Dutch zode (“turf”), German Sode (“turf”), Old Frisian s?tha (“sod”), all being of uncertain ultimate origin.

Noun

sod (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.
   • 1746', William Collins, Ode written in the year 1746

2. Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns.

Related terms

• soddie
• sodless

Translations

Verb

sod (third-person singular simple present sods, present participle sodding, simple past and past participle sodded)

1. To cover with sod.

Translations

Etymology 2

From sodomize or sodomite, by shortening.

Noun

sod (plural sods)

1. (Britain, vulgar) Sodomite; bugger.
2. (Britain, slang, mildly pejorative, formerly considered vulgar) A person, usually male; often qualified with an adjective.

3. (Britain, mildly vulgar) Any trifling amount, a bugger, a damn, a jot.

Derived terms

• Sod’s law

Translations

Interjection

sod

1. (Britain, vulgar) expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.

Verb

sod (third-person singular simple present sods, present participle sodding, simple past and past participle sodded)

1. (transitive, Britain, slang, vulgar) Bugger; sodomize.
2. (transitive, Britain, slang, vulgar) Damn, curse, confound.

   Sod him!, Sod it!, Sod that bastard!

Derived terms

• sod off

Etymology 3

From the Old English plural past tense, or a back-formation from the past participle sodden.

Verb

sod

1. (obsolete) simple past tense of seethe

Adjective

sod (comparative more sod, superlative most sod)

1. (obsolete) Boiled.
   • , New York, 2001, p.223:

2. (Australia, of bread) Sodden; incompletely risen.

Noun

sod (plural sods)

1. (Australia, colloquial) A damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump.

Etymology 4

Noun

sod (plural sods)

1. The rock dove.

Anagrams

• DOS, DSO, DoS, OD's, ODS, OSD, SDO, do's, dos, dso, ods

Breton

Noun

sod m

1. imbecile

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sót (“soot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so?d/, [soð?]
• Rhymes: -oð

Noun

sod c (singular definite soden, not used in plural form)

1. soot

Verb

sod

1. imperative of sode

Maltese

Etymology

From Italian sodo, from Latin solidus. Doublet of solidu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??t/

Adjective

sod (feminine singular soda, plural sodi)

1. firm; steadfast

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse soð. Doublet of sodd.

Noun

sod n (definite singular sodet, indefinite plural sod, definite plural soda)

1. boiling, bubbling
2. broth
3. meat soup

References

• “sod” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *s?d?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /só?t/

Noun

s??d m inan

1. barrel

Inflection

Volapük

Noun

sod (nominative plural sods)

1. sauce

Declension