Soddy

¹ American  

[sod-ee] / ˈsɒd i /

noun

1. Frederick, 1877–1956, English chemist: Nobel Prize 1921.

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soddy ² American  

[sod-ee] / ˈsɒd i /

adjective

soddier, soddiest

1. of or relating to sod.

2. consisting of sod.

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noun

PLURAL

soddies

1. Western U.S.  Also soddie. sod house.

Soddy British  

/ ˈsɒdɪ /

noun

1. Frederick. 1877–1956, English chemist, whose work on radioactive disintegration led to the discovery of isotopes: Nobel prize for chemistry 1921

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Soddy Scientific  

/ sŏd′ē /

1. British chemist who was a pioneer in the study of radioactivity. With Ernest Rutherford, he explained the atomic disintegration of radioactive elements. Soddy also coined the word isotope to describe elements that were chemically identical but had different atomic weights. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1921.

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Etymology

Origin of soddy

First recorded in 1605–15; sod ¹ + -y ¹, -y ²

Example Sentences

One settler burned to death inside his soddy.

From Washington Times

Carver moved in a cookstove, bed, cupboard, table and chairs and washtub and flat iron into the 14-square-foot soddy.

From Washington Times

That was one of the cold winters which usually follow a wet summer, and I nearly froze in my little old soddy, before the warm spring days set in.

From Project Gutenberg

It required no high-priced, skilled labor to build a "soddy," and properly built they were quite comfortable.

From Project Gutenberg

I first heard of him in a soddy in North Dakota, where I was told of his great logging operations when he stripped that country and removed the stumps.

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