How do you pronounce woak?

The recorded pronunciation is /woʊk/.

Where does woak come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

woak

/woʊk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: woak
IPA: /woʊk/

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Meaning

noun

An oak.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"When I'd a-hung un up in th' woak tree […]"
"As we wer catchèn vrom our laps / Below a woak our bits an' draps […]"

Etymology

Like one, the word oak acquired an intrusive initial /w/ in some dialects beginning already in the 1400s with Middle English wocke (“oak”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: wocke

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

woaks (plural)

Homonyms

woke

Rhymes With

coke toque pendeloque bowk troak

How to pronounce woak

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