kraak — meaning in English
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English meaning
- carrack noun A big European sailing ship from the 14th to the 17th centuries, like a caravel but with square sails on its front two masts.
- Kraken noun A gigantic legendary sea monster, often pictured as an enormous octopus or squid capable of dragging ships underwater.
- octopus noun A soft-bodied sea creature with eight arms lined with suckers and no internal shell.
Senses
kraak is used for these senses in English:
- Kraken (Norse mythology) A colossal sea monster that attacks ships and sailors, often portrayed as a giant octopus or squid.
- carrack (historical) A large European sailing vessel of the 14th to 17th centuries similar to a caravel but square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and lateen-rigged on the mizzenmast.
- octopus (countable, strictly) A mollusc from genus Octopus.
- sea monster (mythological creature) A large and aggressive creature of the sea that attacks ships.
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