Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kolk

/kˈoʊk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables: kolk
IPA: /kˈoʊk/

12

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An underwater vortex similar to a whirlwind, capable of dislodging, picking up, and moving boulders.

noun

A relatively small water-filled depression, especially in a bog: a bog pond, a bog eye, a bog kolk.

name

Example Sentences

"[…] bogs, but only around pools or kolks. The small-scale mosaic of hummocks and hollows so characteristic of the true raised bog is nowhere to be found on a wooded bog. The quaking bog community on the kolk edge, similar to that[…]"
"[…] bog hollows and kolks."

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kolk.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Kolk, -

Inflected Forms

kolks (plural)

Homonyms

koke cocke

Rhymes With

broke joke smoke spoke stroke woke folk oak coke stoke choke soak

Questions

How do you pronounce kolk?: The recorded pronunciation is /kˈoʊk/.
What does kolk mean?: An underwater vortex similar to a whirlwind, capable of dislodging, picking up, and moving boulders.
Where does kolk come from?: It is traced to German.

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