korba

Inherited from Old Czech korba, from Middle High German korp (German Korb), from Latin corbis. Related to krabice inherited from Proto-Slavic.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkorba]
• Rhymes: -orba
• Hyphenation: kor‧ba

korba f

1. truckbed
   • 1931, Vladislav Vančura, Markéta Lazarová:

     Jan se vrátil samým večerem na Roháček. Zatím sedlákova korba všechna šťastná a chlupatá od vlny rachotila domů.

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2. (informal) muscleman

• “korba”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “korba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “korba”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

• barok
• borka
• robka

kor +‎ -ba

• IPA^(key): [ˈkorbɒ]
• Hyphenation: kor‧ba

korba

1. illative singular of kor

korba

1. Latin spelling of ქორბა (korba)

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• Rhymes: -ɔrba
• Syllabification: kor‧ba

Borrowed from German Kurbe.

korba f (diminutive korbka)

1. crank (bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)
2. winch, windlass (mechanical device that is used to pull in wind or let wind out or otherwise adjust the tension of a rope or wire rope)
3. (colloquial) an active, resourceful person

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korba f

1. (Podlachia) synonym of łubianka

• korba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• korba in Polish dictionaries at PWN