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fank

/ˈfæŋk/

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Scotland/ˈfaŋk/

fank noun: a pen for enclosing sheep, mainly in the Scottish Highlands.

Noun

fank (plural fanks)

  1. A pen for enclosing sheep, mainly in the Scottish Highlands.

Verb

fank (third-person singular simple present fanks, present participle fanking, simple past and past participle fanked)

  1. (transitive) To place (sheep) in a pen.

fank meaning in Bengali

fank in Bengali

মূলত স্কটিশ হাইল্যান্ডসে, খোঁয়াড়ে রাখা

Forms of fank

Noun
pluralfanks
Verb
third-person singular presentfanks
present participlefanking
past participlefanked
pastfanked

Origin of fank

From Scottish Gaelic fang, from Scots fank, perhaps ultimately related to archaic fang (“to seize, catch”).

Words that rhyme with fank

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Questions about fank

What does fank mean?
Fank means a pen for enclosing sheep, mainly in the Scottish Highlands.
What is fank in Bengali?
Fank in Bengali is মূলত স্কটিশ হাইল্যান্ডসে, খোঁয়াড়ে রাখা. See Fank meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is fank?
Fank can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce fank?
Fank is pronounced /ˈfæŋk/.
What is the plural of fank?
The plural of fank is fanks.

Words near fank in the dictionary

  1. fanins
  2. fanion
  3. fanions
  4. fanjet
  5. fanjets
  6. fank
  7. fanked
  8. Fankhauser
  9. Fankhausers
  10. fankid
  11. fankids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fank (page history and authors); fank (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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