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whilk

whilk is the alternative form of whelk.

Meaning of whelk

Noun (1)

whelk (plural whelks)

  1. Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.

Noun (2)

whelk (plural whelks)

  1. (archaic) Pimple.
    • his face is all bubukles , and whelks , and knobs1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  2. A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale.

Forms of whilk

pluralwhilks

Words that rhyme with whilk

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Questions about whilk

What is whilk the alternative form of?
Whilk is the alternative form of whelk.

Words near whilk in the dictionary

  1. whiles away
  2. whilest
  3. whilever
  4. whiling
  5. whiling away
  6. whilk
  7. whilks
  8. Whilkut
  9. Whilkuts
  10. whillaballoo
  11. whillaballoos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whilk (page history and authors); whelk (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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