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Definition of Crock
1. Noun. A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink.
Exact synonyms: Carbon Black, Lampblack, Smut, Soot
Generic synonyms: Atomic Number 6, C, Carbon
Derivative terms: Smut, Soot, Sooty, Sooty
Generic synonyms: Atomic Number 6, C, Carbon
Derivative terms: Smut, Soot, Sooty, Sooty
2. Verb. Release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric.
3. Noun. Nonsense; foolish talk. "That's a crock"
4. Verb. Soil with or as with crock.
5. Noun. An earthen jar (made of baked clay).
Definition of Crock
1. n. The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring matter which rubs off from cloth.
2. v. t. To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.
3. v. i. To give off crock or smut.
4. n. A low stool.
5. n. Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher.
6. v. t. To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter.
Definition of Crock
1. to stain or soil [v -ED, -ING, -S]