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cornish
English
Noun
cornish (plural cornishes)
- One of several decorative rings around the barrel of a cannon; the next ring from the muzzle backwards.
- (architecture) Alternative form of cornice
References
- William Duane, A Military Dictionary (1810), p. 105[1]
Anagrams
- Rochins
Norwegian
Noun
cornish
- species of partridge
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bunk
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: b?ngk, IPA(key): /b??k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Etymology 1
Sense of sleeping berth possibly from Scottish English bunker (“seat, bench”), origin is uncertain but possibly Scandinavian.Confer Old Swedish bunke (“boards used to protect the cargo of a ship”).See also boarding, flooring and confer bunch.
Noun
bunk (plural bunks)
- One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.
- (nautical) A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other.
- (military) A cot.
- (US) A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.
- (US, dialect) A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.
Derived terms
- bunk bed, bunkbed
- bunkhouse
- bunkmate
- bunkspace
Translations
Verb
bunk (third-person singular simple present bunks, present participle bunking, simple past and past participle bunked)
- To occupy a bunk.
- To provide a bunk.
Derived terms
- bunk up
Translations
Etymology 2
Shortened from bunkum, a variant of buncombe, from Buncombe County, North Carolina. See bunkum for more.
Noun
bunk (uncountable)
- (slang) Bunkum; senseless talk, nonsense.
Adjective
bunk (not comparable)
- (slang) defective, broken, not functioning properly
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:nonsense
Derived terms
- debunk
Translations
Etymology 3
19th century, of uncertain origin; perhaps from previous "to occupy a bunk" meaning, with connotations of a hurried departure, as if on a ship.
Verb
bunk (third-person singular simple present bunks, present participle bunking, simple past and past participle bunked)
- (Britain) To fail to attend school or work without permission; to play truant (usually as in 'to bunk off').
- (dated) To expel from a school.
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “bunk”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
- bunk in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- knub
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