Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wok

/wɑk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English

Syllables: wok
IPA: /wɑk/

10

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large, round-bottomed cooking pan used in East Asian cooking.

noun

Any dish prepared using such a pan.

verb

To prepare oriental cuisine using a wok.

Example Sentences

"The 'wok' is an efficient, all-purpose metal cooking vessel used by every housewife in China. It has two handles and is shaped like a shallow cone."

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 鑊 /镬 (wok⁶).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /wɑk/
British English: /wɒk/

Inflected Forms

woks (plural) woks (present, singular) woking (participle, present) wokking (participle, present) woked (participle, past) woked (past) wokked (participle, past) wokked (past)

Phrases

wok race wok racing wok hei stir-fry

Frequently Paired Words

wok hei stir-fry

Homonyms

walk (cot–caught merger)

Rhymes With

rock stock block lock shock clock iraq doc knock cock o'clock dock

Questions

How do you pronounce wok?: The recorded pronunciation is /wɑk/.
What does wok mean?: A large, round-bottomed cooking pan used in East Asian cooking.
Where does wok come from?: Borrowed from Cantonese 鑊 /镬 (wok⁶).

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