different between kapow vs kapok

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??pa?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Interjection

kapow

1. Alternative spelling of kerpow

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kap?w/, [?kapow]

Noun

kapow

1. genitive plural of kapa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kapuk (“silky fibre from the silk-cotton tree; Ceiba pentandra”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ke?p?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ke??p?k/
• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /?k??p??k/, [?k??p???]
• Hyphenation: ka?pok

Noun

kapok (countable and uncountable, plural kapoks)

1. A silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) used for insulation and stuffing for mattresses, pillows, etc.

   Synonym: mumian

   • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 492:

     The moon came out of hiding and for a moment Jerry forgot his anxiety as a little grey-clad figure, small and sturdy [...], in a kapok coat and bulging proletarian cap, lowered himself over the side and leapt for the waiting arms of the sampan's crew.

   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber 2003, p. 39:

     You can stuff them full of kapok to make a decent cushion and there is nothing better to carry frogs in.

   • 1993, Tim Winton, Land's Edge, Picador 2014, p. 15:

     A still summer night a world away in a house that smells of cactus and dust and musty kapok.

2. The silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra).

   Synonyms: kapok tree, (Haiti) mapou, mumian

3. The cotton tree, Malabar silk-cotton tree, or red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba).

   Synonym: kapok tree

Alternative forms

• capoc
• kapoc

Derived terms

• kapok tree

Translations

References

Further reading

• Ceiba pentandra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bombax ceiba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• kapok (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• kapok tree (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ceiba pentandra on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Bombax ceiba on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ceiba pentandra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bombax ceiba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Kopka

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka?pok

Noun

kapok

1. (rare) the kapok tree or silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra)
2. (rare) the fiber obtained from this tree

Hungarian

Etymology

kap +? -ok

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?pok]
• Hyphenation: ka?pok

Verb

kapok

1. first-person singular indicative present indefinite of kap