Definitions for codling

codling cod·ling

Spelling: [kod-ling]
IPA: /ˈkɒd lɪŋ/

Codling is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 171 anagrams from letters in codling (cdgilno).

Definitions for codling

noun

  1. British. any of several varieties of elongated apples, used for cooking purposes.
  2. an unripe, half-grown apple.
  3. the young of the cod.

Origin of codling

1400-50; late Middle English querdling, equivalent to querd (of obscure origin) + -ling -ling1

Examples for codling

Behold the array of birds that devour the larvae of the codling moth to an important extent.

But it came to an end at last, for Mrs. codling lost her breath.

It was well, at all events, that Mr. codling began with good intent.

Reports of injury by the walnut weevil, Conotrachelus juglandis, and also by codling moth larvae have been received.

Some codling had got caught in the net the same time as we were.

The Downy Woodpecker is the champion tree-protector, and also one of the greatest enemies of the codling moth.

With the failure of a prophet to convince landlords and farmers, codling felt that his weak-kneedness might be justified.

And I took his bait down like a codling, and served his turn finely.

Among insects that attack large fruits is the codling moth, to be destroyed by paper bands, or with Paris green showered in water.

What the codling worm leaves, the caterpillar will destroy, and so on, and so on.

Word Value for codling
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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