Standard Lemma guide

stodge

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /stɒd͡ʒ/
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  • rhymes with -ɒdʒ

1

noun

Meaning 1

Heavy, dull, often starchy food, such as a steamed pudding

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The meal was nothing but heavy stodge with no fresh vegetables.
  • After weeks of bread and porridge, he longed for something other than stodge.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Anything dull and bland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

Examples

  • Critics dismissed the book as academic stodge.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To stuff; to cram.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

heavy and filling (and usually starchy) food

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals

History

Etymology

Late 17th century, of "symbolic" origin, suggested by stuff and podge. Compare stog.

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: тежка храна (težka hrana) — heavy, dull food
  • Finnish: mättö — heavy, dull food
  • Italian: sfondastomaco — heavy, dull food
  • Swedish: bukfylla — heavy, dull food