balk — meaning in English

English meaning

balk noun A strip of land left unploughed between fields.
beam noun A long, sturdy length of wood, steel, or concrete used to support a structure such as a floor, roof, or ship deck.
staff noun The people who work for an organization.
stave noun One of the curved wooden strips fitted together to form the side of a barrel or cask.
timber noun Wood that has been cut and prepared for building.

balk is used for these senses in English:

balk Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".
beam (nautical) One of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid, and acting as part of the support for keeping the sides of the vessel in shape — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones; cf. abeam, beam-ends.
beam (nautical) The maximum width of a vessel (note that a vessel with a beam of 15 foot can also be said to be 15 foot abeam).
cuboid (geometry) A hexahedron.
staff (music, plural staffs or staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.
stave (music) The set of five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
timber (countable) A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof.

noun A strip of land left unploughed between fields.
noun The wall of soil left standing at the side of a dig.
noun A large squared piece of timber used as a beam in building, for example to hold up a loft.
noun Something that stops or disappoints someone; an obstacle.

noun A long, sturdy length of wood, steel, or concrete used to support a structure such as a floor, roof, or ship deck.
noun A ray or narrow stream of light.
noun A wide, happy smile.
verb To smile broadly and happily.
verb To send out light, or to transmit signals or data wirelessly.