balk — meaning in English
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English meaning
- balk noun An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
- 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 organisation.
- 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.
Senses
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.
balk — full definition
- noun An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
- noun The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
- noun 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".
- noun A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
beam — full definition
- 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.