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monk

/mʌŋk/noun1 syllable

Monk means: United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982).

Synonyms for monk3

noun, as in United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982)

Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Sphere Monk

noun, as in a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work

monastic

What does monk mean?2

noun

1

United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982)

2

a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with monk?12

one syllable

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Monk in a sentence

  • Being a monk is better than being married, in my opinion.nonong
  • I want to be a monk in an ancient monastery.nonong
  • The monks' zero waste initiative inspired the entire village.Hybrid
  • The monks became the copyists of the ancient manuscripts.megamanenm
  • Antonio saw a group of monks gardening and tending to animals.Amastan
  • Although Ziri was a monk, he drank wine.Amastan
  • I think that in the West, the first musical notation was invented by monks.karloelkebekio
  • I think I want to be a monk.CK

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Forms of monk

as a noun

plural
monks