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rak.

a straight section of a waterway

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/rɑk/
  1. a straight section of a waterway

    neuter
  2. a straight distance or section that one traverses by sailing

    neuter
Where this word comes from

Related to rekken.

noun/rɑk/
  1. a rack, a frame

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch rac. Variant of rek. Possibly related to etymology 1.

noun/rɑk/
  1. a rope (often protected with wooden beads), chain or brace for fixing a spar to the mast

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch *rak, from Old Dutch *rak, from Proto-West Germanic *rak, from Proto-Germanic *raką (“cord, chain”). Alternatively borrowed from Middle Low German rak (“parrel”), from Old Saxon *rak, from the same West Germanic source above.

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