balok

See also: bálok

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• bawok

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧lok

Noun

balok

1. the red-brown hairlike structure found in the underside of coconut palm fronds

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.lok/, [ˈba.lɔʔ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lok

Noun

balok (plural balok-balok)

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

   Synonym: epolet

7. the unit of measurement for opium weight of 1,030 kg

Alternative forms

• balak
• balak (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• pembalokan

• balok genjang
• balok keseimbangan
• balok not
• balok siku
• balok tuangan

Further reading

• “balok”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

balok

1. romanization of ꦧꦭꦺꦴꦏ꧀

Middle English

Noun

balok

1. alternative form of ballok