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Hook | fishhook - meaning and illustration




Hook

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1. Synonyms, etymology, translation, definition, examples and notes

1.1.  Subject field:

  1. Fishing gears.    (Hierarchy:
  2. Fisheries
  3. >
  4. Fishing
  5. >
  6. Fishing gears
  7. )
  1. Fishing.    (Hierarchy:
  2. Fisheries
  3. >
  4. Fishing
  5. )

1.2.  IPA transcription and prononciation for hook and fishhook:

BrE /hʊk/ ; NAmE /hʊk/

1.3.  Synonyms of hook:


We have one international synonym for hook, notably:
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Graph 1 : hook, fishhook - Google ngram extract ( graph of term etymology and evolution. Source: Google ngram )

1.4.  Etymology of hook and fishhook:

Old English hōc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoek ‘corner, angle, projecting piece of land’, also to German Haken ‘hook’; Word from the native lexical stock; from Germanic hōkaz, ‘hook’

1.5.  French translation of hook and fishhook:

Hook can be translated into French as:
  1. hameçon

1.6.  Definition of hook in fisheries:


Image: Definition of hook
Hook, also known as or fishhook, is defined as: a curved piece of metal, plastic or wire for hanging things on, catching fish with, etc.

1.7.  Plural of hook:


Hooks;

Fishery terminology records for Hook



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