name
Meaning 1
A surname from German.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
calk
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/kælk/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ælk
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homophone: calc
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homophone: calque
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CMU ARPABET: K AO1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Kentucky, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A pointed projection on a horseshoe to prevent its slipping.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: calkin, caulkin, caulken
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A spike on the sole of a boot to prevent slipping, particularly used in logging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonym: cleat
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cleat
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Alternative form of caulk (“a short sleep, nap”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
Meaning 6
Alternative spelling of caulk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, dated, possibly
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verb
Meaning 7
To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 8
Alternative form of caulk (“to take a short sleep, nap”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
Meaning 9
To copy (a drawing) by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt stylus or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 10
a metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: calkin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cleat
verb
Meaning 11
injure with a calk
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: injure, wound
verb
Meaning 12
seal with caulking
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- caulk the window
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: caulk
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: seal, seal off
verb
Meaning 13
provide with calks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- calk horse shoes
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: supply, provide, render, furnish
History
Etymology
Possibly a habitational surname from Calke in Derbyshire, or alternatively an Americanized spelling of German Kalk.
From French calque, ultimately derived from Latin calcō (“to trample”). Doublet of calque.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Polish: gryf — a pointed projection on a horseshoe to prevent it slipping