krop

Meaning

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

Concepts

pate

crop

head

goiter

craw

thyroid enlargement

goitre

loaf

struma

Synonyms

hoofd

kop

struma

keelzak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/krɔp/

Etymology

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