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hake

noun \ˈhāk\

: a large fish that lives in the Atlantic Ocean and is often eaten as food

Full Definition of HAKE

:  any of several marine food fishes (as of the genera Merluccius and Urophycis) related to the Atlantic cod
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Origin of HAKE

Middle English
First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with HAKE

ache, bake, brake, break, cake, crake, drake, Drake, fake, flake, jake, lake, make, quake, rake, sake, shake, slake, snake, stake, steak, strake, take, wake

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5 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. hake
  2. haik
  3. silver hake
  4. squirrel hake
  5. white hake
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