The reflective cover of a #0excludeGlossary Discharge (or HID) lamp.
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hʊd/- (General American) IPA(key): [hʊ̈d], [hɪ̈d]
 
- Rhymes: -ʊd
Etymology 1
From Middle English hood, hod, from Old English hōd, from Proto-West Germanic *hōd, from Old English hōd, from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to cover”).
See also Saterland Frisian Houd (“hat; hood”), West Frisian
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