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chaddock

chaddock is the obsolete form of shaddock.

Meaning of shaddock

Noun

shaddock (plural shaddocks)

  1. Synonym of pomelo, in all its senses including (inexact) grapefruit.
    • Oranges thrive better than below, producing abundance of delicious fruit; but the shaddock or pumplemous (Citrus decumana) requires the full force of a tropical sun, for it will not thrive even at Tondano a thousand feet lower.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 390
    Synonyms:
    pomelo, in all its senses including

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Proper noun capitalized: Chaddock

Chaddock (plural Chaddocks)

  1. A surname.

Forms of chaddock

Noun
pluralchaddocks
Proper noun
pluralChaddocks

Origin of chaddock

Variant of Chadwick.

Words formed from chaddock

Phrases with chaddock

Questions about chaddock

What does chaddock mean?
Chaddock means a surname.
What is chaddock the obsolete form of?
Chaddock is the obsolete form of shaddock.
What part of speech is chaddock?
Chaddock is a proper noun.

Words near chaddock in the dictionary

  1. Chadderton
  2. Chaddesden
  3. Chaddesley Corbett
  4. chaddi
  5. chaddis
  6. chaddock
  7. Chaddock reflex
  8. Chaddock reflexes
  9. Chaddock's sign
  10. chaddocks
  11. chaddor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chaddock (page history and authors); Chaddock (page history and authors); shaddock (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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