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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kilk

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kilk
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of charlock (Phamphospermum arvense, syn. Sinapis arvensis, etc.)

Etymology

From Middle English *killock, kellock, from earlier ketlok, kedlock, from Old English cedelc (“mercury (herb)”). Cognate with Scots skelloch (“charlock”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

kelk (alternative) kedlock (alternative)

Synonyms

charlock

Rhymes With

milk man-milk silk sheep milk goat milk soy milk skimmed milk ilk breastmilk wilk bilk filk

Questions

What does kilk mean?
Synonym of charlock (Phamphospermum arvense, syn. Sinapis arvensis, etc.)
Where does kilk come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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