calk

1. 1.

   a metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping

   Synonymscalkin

   Broadercleat

Other forms of calk

plural

calks·

past tense

calked·

present participle

calking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about calk

What does calk mean?

calk means "provide with calks". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in calk?

calk has 1 syllable: calk. In IPA it is /ˈkɔk/.

What is another word for calk?

Close synonyms include caulk, calkin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is calk a common word?

calk is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with calk?

2 words rhyme with calk. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.