krop

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (masculine) An unhealthy enlargement of a bird's gullet.
2. (masculine) The head (capitulum) of certain plants, especially lettuce.
3. (masculine) A tissue growth, a goitre, notably struma.
4. (broadly, masculine, obsolete) The throat or rather the whole neck of certain animals, especially birds, rarely of humans.
5. (masculine, metonymically) Any emotion felt as a lump in throat, e.g. caused by fear, anxiety or grief.

Synoniemen

hoofd

kop

struma

keelzak

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/krɔp/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle Dutch crop, from Old Dutch *krop, from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz. Doublet of groep. Cognate with English crop, German Kropf.