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bak.

container, such as a box, a crate, a tray or a tub

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɑk/
  1. container, such as a box, a crate, a tray or a tub

    masculine
  2. a large amount, lots

    informal · masculine · plural-normally
    Het regent bakken met water.
  3. drinking vessel, usually a cup or mug

    Netherlands · masculine
  4. the slammer, jail, prison

    Belgium · Netherlands · informal · masculine
  5. a vehicle, a car

    colloquial · masculine
  6. railway carriage

    masculine
  7. rubbish bin, trash can, dustbin

    masculine
  8. a remote control

    East · Flanders · West · colloquial · masculine
Where this word comes from

From French bac.

noun/bɑk/
  1. A joke, crack.

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Derived from bakken in een poets bakken.

noun/bɑk/
  1. The meat of a pig, pork.

    masculine
  2. A pig.

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch *bak, bake, baec (“meat from the back of a pig”), from Old Dutch *bak (“back, rear”), from Proto-Germanic *baką. Cognate with English back, Icelandic bak. Etymologically related to bakboord and achterbaks.

noun/bɑk/
  1. The act of baking (food).

    masculine · no-diminutive · uncountable
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