diff --git a/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/network-policy.md b/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/network-policy.md
index 8fb33b666ab97..8371da805406a 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/network-policy.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/network-policy.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ tags:
 - networking
 - architecture
 - extension
+- core-object
 ---
  A specification of how groups of Pods are allowed to communicate with each other and with other network endpoints.
 
diff --git a/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/node.md b/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/node.md
index 4a6df3f8dc8fa..49ba2634886ec 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/node.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/node.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ short_description: >
 
 aka:
 tags:
+- core-object
 - fundamental
 ---
  A node is a worker machine in Kubernetes.
diff --git a/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/pod-template.md b/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/pod-template.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f4a1493b3ac8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/pod-template.md
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+---
+title: PodTemplate
+id: pod-template
+date: 2024-10-13
+short_description: >
+  A template for creating Pods.
+
+aka: 
+  - pod template
+tags:
+- core-object
+
+---
+An API object that defines a template for creating {{< glossary_tooltip text="Pods" term_id="pod" >}}.
+The PodTemplate API is also embedded in API definitions for workload management, such as 
+{{< glossary_tooltip text="Deployment" term_id="deployment" >}} or
+{{< glossary_tooltip text="StatefulSets" term_id="StatefulSet" >}}.
+
+<!--more--> 
+
+Pod templates allow you to define common metadata (such as labels, or a template for the name of a
+new Pod) as well as to specify a pod's desired state.
+[Workload management](/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/) controllers use Pod templates
+(embedded into another object, such as a Deployment or StatefulSet)
+to define and manage one or more {{< glossary_tooltip text="Pods" term_id="pod" >}}.
+When there can be multiple Pods based on the same template, these are called
+{{< glossary_tooltip term_id="replica" text="replicas" >}}.
+Although you can create a PodTemplate object directly, you rarely need to do so.