coak

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UK/ˈkəʊk/US/ˈkoʊk/

noun

A wooden dowel.

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Meanings

coak1

nouncoak (countable and uncountable, plural coaks)

plural coaks

  1. countableuncountableA wooden dowel.
  2. countableuncountablenauticalThe brass bearing in the sheave of a block.
verbcoak (third-person singular simple present coaks, present participle coaking, simple past and past participle coaked)

present singular third person coaks · participle present coaking · participle past coaked · past coaked

  1. To unite (timbers etc.) by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or face.

    The orlop clamps and shelfpieces are then worked, and the beams and half beams placed thereon, these are coaked and bolted thereto[…]

    1832, The Edinburgh Encyclopedia

coak2

nouncoak (countable and uncountable, plural coaks)

plural coaks

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of coke (“coal fuel”).

Origin

Uncertain. The 1933 Oxford English Dictionary suggests a possible relation to an Old French cognate of Italian cocca (“notch”), to English cock or to coak, caulk ("drive oakum between planks"), "all referring to the fitting of a projection into a notch, indentation, or hollow".

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with coak

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Sounds the same

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Cite this entry
APA

coak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coak

MLA

“coak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coak. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coak,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coak.

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