noun
- a V-shaped trough with a handle, used for carrying bricks, mortar, or other building materials
Usage: construction
Examples
- The mason filled his hod with fresh mortar.
- She carried bricks up the ladder in a wooden hod.
- The construction worker’s hod was heavy with wet cement.
- He balanced the hod carefully on his shoulder.
- The apprentice learned to load the hod properly.
- A full hod of bricks requires considerable strength to carry.