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thurrock

/ˈθʌɹək/

thurrock noun: the hold of a ship; also, the bilge.

Noun

thurrock (plural thurrocks)

  1. (obsolete) The hold of a ship; also, the bilge.

Proper noun capitalized: Thurrock

Thurrock

  1. A unitary authority and borough of Essex, England.

Forms of thurrock

pluralthurrocks
alternative form (obsolete)thorrocke

Origin of thurrock

From Middle English thurrok, from Old English þurruc (“hold of a ship; bilge”), from Proto-West Germanic *þurruk, from Proto-Indo-European *terg-, *terǵ- (“to rub, wipe, clean, make holes”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian durk (“sewer, bilge-water, lowest part in the hold of a ship”), Middle Dutch durck, dorck (“the hold of a ship”) (Dutch durk, dork (“a spout-hole”)), Middle Low German dork (“keel room, the lowest part of a ship's hold”), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌺𐍉 (þairkō, “hole, eye (of a needle)”), Latin tergō, tergeō (“wipe, scour, clean”, verb), Old English þurh, þuruh (“through”). More at through, thorough.

Words formed from thurrock

Questions about thurrock

What does thurrock mean?
Thurrock means the hold of a ship; also, the bilge.
What part of speech is thurrock?
Thurrock can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce thurrock?
Thurrock is pronounced /ˈθʌɹək/.
What is the plural of thurrock?
The plural of thurrock is thurrocks.

Words near thurrock in the dictionary

  1. Thurnhams
  2. Thurnian
  3. Thurnscoe
  4. Thurow
  5. Thurows
  6. thurrock
  7. thurrocks
  8. Thurs
  9. Thursa
  10. Thursby
  11. Thursbys

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