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balok

Pronunciation: /ba.lok/

“balok” is an Indonesian word. Its 9 meanings in English:

noun

  1. block: a substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance
  2. log: the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches; any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc
  3. cuboid: a parallelepiped having six rectangular faces
  4. the side of a ship
  5. takeoff board of long jump
  6. any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use
  7. balance beam: a gymnastics apparatus, a narrow wooden rail used in artistic (athletic) gymnastics
  8. epaulet, epaulette, shoulder board: an ornamentation, worn on the shoulders of a military uniform, as a sign of rank
  9. the unit of measurement for opium weight of 1,030 kg

Etymology

From Javanese ꦧꦭꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (balok), from Dutch balk. Doublet of balak.

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