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woak

/woʊk/

woak noun: an oak.

Noun

woak (plural woaks)

  1. (England, dialectal, obsolete, possibly) An oak.
    • When I'd a-hung un up in th' woak tree […]1890, Sydney Savory Buckman, John Darke's Sojourn, section XIV
    • As we wer catchèn vrom our laps / Below a woak our bits an' draps […]1879, William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect, section 78

Forms of woak

pluralwoaks

Origin of woak

Like one, the word oak acquired an intrusive initial /w/ in some dialects beginning already in the 1400s with Middle English wocke (“oak”).

Words that rhyme with woak

Questions about woak

What does woak mean?
Woak means an oak.
What part of speech is woak?
Woak is a noun.
How do you pronounce woak?
Woak is pronounced /woʊk/.
What is the plural of woak?
The plural of woak is woaks.

Words near woak in the dictionary

  1. woady
  2. woah
  3. woahjack
  4. woahjacks
  5. woaj
  6. woak
  7. Woakes
  8. woaks
  9. woald
  10. woant
  11. woat

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