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— English words —

• holk n. (UK dialectal) A hollow cavity.
• holk v. (Transitive, UK dialectal) To dig out; make hollow; hollow out.
• holk v. (Transitive, UK dialectal) To dig; dig into; pierce; penetrate; investigate; poke.
• holk v. (Transitive, UK dialectal) To dig up; excavate.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Middle low german
  • holk n. Hulk (large cargo ship).
• Swedish
  • holk n. A nest box, a birdhouse; a hollow part of a tree trunk used as a container or as a birdhouse.
  • holk n. A hulk, an old, decommissioned ship (used for storage or housing).
  • holk n. (Slang) a pipe stuffed with cannabis, or more rarely a joint.

— In German —

• Holk S. Schiff ohne eigenen Antrieb.
• Holk S. Mittelalterlicher Schiffstyp.

— In French —

• Holk n.prop. (Géographie) Hameau des Pays-Bas situé dans la commune de Nijkerk.

46 English words from 8 English definitions

birdhouse box cannabis cargo cargo␣ship cavity container decommissioned dialectal dig dig␣into dig␣out dig␣up excavate for hollow hollow␣out housing hulk into investigate joint large make more nest nest␣box of␣a old out part penetrate pierce pipe poke rarely ship Slang storage stuffed Transitive tree tree␣trunk trunk used with

6 English words from 3 foreign definitions

Bas commune dans des Nijkerk Pays

10 foreign words from 3 foreign definitions

Antrieb eigenen Géographie Hameau Mittelalterlicher ohne Pays-Bas Schiff Schiffstyp situé

7 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

holks holked Holker Holkham holking Holkhams Holkomelem

4 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

dholki dholkis Shcholkine Lower␣Holker

3 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

HoL hol- Olk

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Loh LOH

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

kohl Kohl

12 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Halko Hoklo holks Khloe Khloé K-hole Kloth Koehl Kohli kohls Kohls Lhoka

14 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

h'lo hok HoL hol- KHL Kho Kol KOL Loh LOH OHK Ohl OHL Olk

38 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

bolk folk Folk HCLK Hoak hock hoik hola Holb HOLC hold hole Hole Holi Holl holm Holm holo holo- holp hols holt Holt holy Holy honk hook Hook hork hulk Hulk kolk Kolk polk Polk volk Wolk yolk

4 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

hok HoL hol- Olk

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