CRUCK

Etymology 1

Noun

cruck (plural crucks)

(architecture) A sturdy timber with a curve or angle used for primary framing of a timber house, usually used in pairs.

Verb

cruck (third-person singular simple present crucks, present participle crucking, simple past and past participle crucked)

(dialectal, transitive) To make lame.

Etymology 2

Noun

cruck (plural crucks)

A vehicle that has features of both a car and a truck.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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