scrod

English

Alternative forms

schrod
(rare) escrod, scrode

Etymology

Perhaps from an obsolete Dutch term schrood (“slice, shred”), from Middle Dutch schrode, schroode (in which case, it is ultimately cognate to shred). Compare East Frisian schrod (“small or worthless thing; shred”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /skɹɑd/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /skɹɒd/
Rhymes: -ɒd

Noun

scrod (plural scrods)

(New England, sometimes New York) Any cod, pollock, haddock, or other whitefish.

Translations

cod

Verb

scrod

(nonstandard, New England, humorous) simple past tense and past participle of screw

Anagrams

cords

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