"wok" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /wɒk/ [UK], /wɑk/ [US] Audio: en-us-wok.ogg Forms: woks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒk Etymology: From Cantonese 鑊 /镬 (wok⁶). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yue|鑊}} Cantonese 鑊 /镬 (wok⁶) Head templates: {{en-noun}} wok (plural woks)
  1. (cooking) A large, round-bottomed cooking pan used in East Asian cooking. Wikidata QID: Q208364 Categories (topical): Cookware and bakeware Translations (large round pan): وُوك (wūk) [masculine] (Arabic), վոկ (vok) (Armenian), уок (uok) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ဒယ်အိုး (daiui:) (Burmese), (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 鑊 /镬 (wok⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 鍋 /锅 (guō) (Chinese Mandarin), 鑊 /镬 (huò) (Chinese Mandarin), 炒鍋 /炒锅 (chǎoguō) (Chinese Mandarin), pánev wok [feminine] (Czech), wok [common-gender] (Danish), wok [masculine] (Dutch), uoko (Esperanto), volbopato (Esperanto), vokk [feminine] (Faroese), wokkipannu (Finnish), vokkipannu (Finnish), wok [masculine] (French), wok [masculine] (Galician), Wok [masculine] (German), 鑊 /镬 (vo̍k) (Hakka Chinese), ווק [masculine] (Hebrew), wok-panna [feminine] (Icelandic), wajan (Indonesian), wok (Irish), 中華鍋 (Chūka-nabe) (alt: ちゅうかなべ) (Japanese), ខ្ទះ (kteah) (Khmer), (Wok) (Korean), kuali (Malay), wāka (Maori), wok [masculine] (Polish), wok [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), вок (vok) [masculine] (Russian), wok (Scottish Gaelic), wok [masculine] (Spanish), wok [common-gender] (Swedish), wokpanna [common-gender] (Swedish), kawali (Tagalog), tulyasi (Tagalog), talyasi (Tagalog), กระทะ (grà-tá) (Thai), wok tava (Turkish), xanh (Vietnamese), chảo (Vietnamese), sanh (Vietnamese), woc [feminine, masculine] (Welsh), rek (Zhuang), cauq (Zhuang)
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  2. (chiefly Europe) Any dish prepared using such a pan. Tags: Europe
    Sense id: en-wok-en-noun-ZZVhwrp4 Categories (other): European English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 13 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hokkien translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Welsh translations, Terms with Zhuang translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 67 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 61 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 13 entries: 18 41 7 5 4 4 5 7 2 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 51 6 4 3 4 4 6 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 40 50 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 36 54 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 44 50 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 23 61 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 33 58 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 49 41 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 61 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 33 47 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Hokkien translations: 43 48 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 18 70 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 35 54 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 50 42 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 70 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 70 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 21 62 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Zhuang translations: 50 42 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: wok race, wok racing Related terms: wok hei

Verb

IPA: /wɒk/ [UK], /wɑk/ [US] Audio: en-us-wok.ogg Forms: woks [present, singular, third-person], wokking [participle, present], woking [participle, present], wokked [participle, past], wokked [past], woked [participle, past], woked [past]
Rhymes: -ɒk Etymology: From Cantonese 鑊 /镬 (wok⁶). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yue|鑊}} Cantonese 鑊 /镬 (wok⁶) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=woked|pres_ptc2=woking}} wok (third-person singular simple present woks, present participle wokking or woking, simple past and past participle wokked or woked)
  1. To prepare oriental cuisine using a wok. Related terms: stir-fry Translations (to use a wok): wokken (Dutch), wokata (Finnish), wokiar (Spanish), woka (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-wok-en-verb-sGUH0ICS

Inflected forms

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          "word": "鍋 /锅"
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          "word": "炒鍋 /炒锅"
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          "sense": "large round pan",
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          "alt": "ちゅうかなべ",
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          "sense": "large round pan",
          "word": "中華鍋"
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          "word": "ខ្ទះ"
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          "sense": "large round pan",
          "word": "웍"
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          "sense": "large round pan",
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "large round pan",
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          "word": "вок"
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          "sense": "large round pan",
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "large round pan",
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          "sense": "large round pan",
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "grà-tá",
          "sense": "large round pan",
          "word": "กระทะ"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "large round pan",
          "word": "wok tava"
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "large round pan",
          "word": "xanh"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "large round pan",
          "word": "chảo"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "large round pan",
          "word": "sanh"
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          "sense": "large round pan",
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          "code": "za",
          "lang": "Zhuang",
          "sense": "large round pan",
          "word": "rek"
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          "code": "za",
          "lang": "Zhuang",
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        "2": "yue",
        "3": "鑊"
      },
      "expansion": "Cantonese 鑊 /镬 (wok⁶)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Cantonese 鑊 /镬 (wok⁶).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "woks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wokking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "woking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wokked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wokked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "woked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "woked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "past2": "woked",
        "pres_ptc2": "woking"
      },
      "expansion": "wok (third-person singular simple present woks, present participle wokking or woking, simple past and past participle wokked or woked)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "stir-fry"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To prepare oriental cuisine using a wok."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɒk/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɑk/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-wok.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ea/En-us-wok.ogg/En-us-wok.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/En-us-wok.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "walk (cot–caught merger)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒk"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to use a wok",
      "word": "wokken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to use a wok",
      "word": "wokata"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to use a wok",
      "word": "wokiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to use a wok",
      "word": "woka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wok"
}

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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": tiáⁿ vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "wok"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "wok",
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}

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