noun
Meaning 1
A wooden dowel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
coak
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈkəʊk/
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US: /ˈkoʊk/
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rhymes with -əʊk
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homophone: coke
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homophone: Coke
noun
Meaning 2
The brass bearing in the sheave of a block.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 3
Obsolete spelling of coke (“coal fuel”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 4
To unite (timbers etc.) by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or face.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Uncertain. The 1933 Oxford English Dictionary suggests a possible relation to an Old French cognate of Italian cocca (“notch”), to English cock or to coak, caulk ("drive oakum between planks"), "all referring to the fitting of a projection into a notch, indentation, or hollow".