krop

Dutch (Brabantic)

/krɔp/

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

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch crop inherited from Old Dutch *krop inherited from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz (body, crop, lump, round mass, mass, heap, collection, bunch, trunk).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*kruppaz

Gloss

body, crop, lump, round mass, mass, heap, collection, bunch, trunk

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

身, 体

Emoji
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