Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

whelk2

Syllabification: (whelk)
Pronunciation: /(h)welk/

Translate whelk | into German
Definition of whelk

noun

archaic
  • a pimple.

Origin:

Old English hwylca, related to hwelian 'suppurate'

whelk in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of whelk in the British & World English dictionary
  |  Cite

Word of the day

leporine

/ ˈlepəˌrīn /
adjective
of or resembling a hare or hares …