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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coak

/ˈkoʊk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
coak
IPA
/ˈkoʊk/
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wooden dowel.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The brass bearing in the sheave of a block.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To unite (timbers etc.) by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or face.

noun

Obsolete spelling of coke (“coal fuel”).

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Uncertain. The 1933 Oxford English Dictionary suggests a possible relation to an Old French cognate of Italian cocca (“notch”), to English cock or to coak, caulk ("drive oakum between planks"), "all referring to the fitting of a projection into a notch, indentation, or hollow".

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈkoʊk/
  • British English: /ˈkəʊk/

Usage

Inflected Forms

coaks (plural) coaks (present, singular) coaking (participle, present) coaked (participle, past) coaked (past)

Homonyms

coke

Rhymes With

broke joke smoke spoke stroke woke folk oak coke sport one's oak stoke choke

Questions

How do you pronounce coak?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkoʊk/.
What does coak mean?
A wooden dowel.
Where does coak come from?
Uncertain. The 1933 Oxford English Dictionary suggests a possible relation to an Old French cognate of Italian cocca (“notch”), to English cock or to coak, caulk ("drive oakum between planks"), "all referring to the fitting of a projection into a notch, indentation, or hollow".

How to pronounce coak

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