Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stodge

/stɒd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables: stodge
IPA: /stɒd͡ʒ/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To stuff; to cram.

Transitive verb

noun

Heavy, dull, often starchy food, such as a steamed pudding

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Anything dull and bland.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The meal was nothing but heavy stodge with no fresh vegetables."
"After weeks of bread and porridge, he longed for something other than stodge."
"Critics dismissed the book as academic stodge."

Etymology

Late 17th century, of "symbolic" origin, suggested by stuff and podge. Compare stog.

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

stodges (present, singular) stodging (participle, present) stodged (participle, past) stodged (past) stodges (plural)

Derived Forms

stodger stodgy

Rhymes With

lodge dodge hodge dislodge rog podge bodge splodge wodge plodge codge kwaj

Questions

How do you pronounce stodge?: The recorded pronunciation is /stɒd͡ʒ/.
What does stodge mean?: To stuff; to cram.
Where does stodge come from?: Late 17th century, of "symbolic" origin, suggested by stuff and podge. Compare stog.

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