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4-letter words (1 found)

BALK,

3-letter words (4 found)

ALB,BAL,KAB,LAB,

2-letter words (5 found)

AB,AL,BA,KA,LA,

You can make 10 words from balk according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of balk

balk ablk blak lbak albk labk bakl abkl bkal kbal akbl kabl blka lbka bkla kbla lkba klba alkb lakb aklb kalb lkab klab

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Definitions and meaning of balk

balk

Etymology 1

From Middle English balke, from Old English balca, either from or influenced by Old Norse bálkr (“partition, ridge of land”), from Proto-Germanic *balkô. Cognate with Dutch balk (“balk”), German Balken (“balk”), Italian balcone (“balcony”).

Alternative forms

  • baulk

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɔːk/, /bɔːlk/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /bɔk/
  • (cot–caught merger, Inland Northern American) IPA(key): /bɑk/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːk

Noun

balk (plural balks)

  1. (agriculture) An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
  2. (archaeology) The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
  3. Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".
  4. A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
    • , "Concealment of Sin"
      a balk to the confidence of the bold undertaker
  5. A sudden and obstinate stop.
    Synonym: failure
  6. (obsolete) An omission.
  7. (sports) A deceptive motion.
    Synonym: feint
    1. (baseball) An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner.
    2. (badminton) A motion used to deceive the opponent during a serve.
  8. (billiards) The area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially shot, and from which a ball in hand must be played.
  9. (snooker) The area of the table lying behind the baulk line.
  10. (fishing) The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together.
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Verb

balk (third-person singular simple present balks, present participle balking, simple past and past participle balked)

  1. (archaic) To pass over or by.
  2. To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
    Synonyms: miss, overlook
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  3. (obsolete) To miss intentionally; to avoid.
    Synonyms: avoid, shun, refuse, shirk
  4. To stop, check, block; to hinder, impede.
  5. To stop short and refuse to go on.
  6. To refuse suddenly.
  7. To disappoint; to frustrate.
    Synonyms: frustrate, foil, baffle, thwart
    to balk expectation
  8. To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
  9. To leave or make balks in.
  10. To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
  11. (sports, intransitive) To make a deceptive motion to deceive another player.
Derived terms
  • balked landing
Translations

Etymology 2

Probably from Dutch balken (“to bray, bawl”).

Verb

balk (third-person singular simple present balks, present participle balking, simple past and past participle balked)

  1. To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.

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Anagrams

  • Blak, blak

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑlk/
  • Hyphenation: balk
  • Rhymes: -ɑlk
  • Homophone: Balk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch balke, from Old Dutch *balco, from Proto-West Germanic *balkō, from Proto-Germanic *balkô.

Noun

balk m (plural balken, diminutive balkje n)

  1. A beam, solid support.
  2. (mathematics) A cuboid.
  3. A section, icon et cetera in such rectangular shape.
Derived terms
  • balkenbrij
  • dakbalk
  • draagbalk
  • evenwichtsbalk
  • staartbalk
  • stootbalk

- beam-shaped

  • notenbalk
  • schuifbalk
  • taakbalk
  • zoekbalk
Related terms
  • balkon
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: balk
  • Negerhollands: balk
  • → Caribbean Javanese: baleg, balok
  • → Javanese: ꦧꦭꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (balok)
    • → Indonesian: balok
  • → Malay: balak
    • > Indonesian: balak (inherited)
  • → Papiamentu: balki (from the diminutive)
  • → Saramaccan: báíki
  • → Sranan Tongo: barki, balk
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: barki

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

balk

  1. inflection of balken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish balker, from Old Norse bialki, bǫlkr, from Proto-Germanic *balkuz, from *balkô (“beam, plank”).

Noun

balk c

  1. a wooden or metal beam
  2. (heraldry) a bend (diagonal band)
  3. (law) code (major section of legislation)
    brottsbalk
    criminal code
  4. (slang, vulgar) penis

Declension

Synonyms

  • bjälke

Derived terms

Further reading

  • balk in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
  • balk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Source: wiktionary.org