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wok

noun \ˈwäk\

: a pan that is shaped like a bowl and that is used especially for cooking Chinese food

Full Definition of WOK

:  a large bowl-shaped cooking utensil used especially in stir-frying
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Origin of WOK

Chinese (Guangdong) wohk
First Known Use: 1952

Rhymes with WOK

bloc, block, bock, brock, chock, clock, cock, croc, crock, doc, dock, floc, flock, frock, grok, hock, jock, knock, lakh, loch, lock, Locke, lough, moc, mock, nock, pock, roc, rock, schlock, shock, smock, sock, Spock, stock

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