Kolk
name, noun ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An underwater vortex similar to a whirlwind, capable of dislodging, picking up, and moving boulders.
- 2 A relatively small water-filled depression, especially in a bog: a bog pond, a bog eye, a bog kolk.
"[…] bogs, but only around pools or kolks. The small-scale mosaic of hummocks and hollows so characteristic of the true raised bog is nowhere to be found on a wooded bog. The quaking bog community on the kolk edge, similar to that[…]"
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"[…] bogs, but only around pools or kolks. The small-scale mosaic of hummocks and hollows so characteristic of the true raised bog is nowhere to be found on a wooded bog. The quaking bog community on the kolk edge, similar to that[…]"
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch kolk.
Borrowed from Low German Kolk, possibly via German Kolk. Cognate with Dutch kolk.
From the Dutch and German surname, from Kolk (“bog, watering hole”) (see below).
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