| NOUN | location | baulk, balk | the area on a billiard table behind the balkline |
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| cognition | baulk, hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, check, handicap | something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | |
| artifact | baulk, rafter, balk | one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof | |
| VERB | social | baulk, resist, balk, jib | refuse to comply |
| Meaning | The area on a billiard table behind the balkline. | |
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| Synonym | balk | |
| Part of | pool table, billiard table, snooker table | game equipment consisting of a heavy table on which pool is played |
| Broader | area, expanse, surface area | The extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary |
| Meaning | Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress. | |
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| Synonyms | hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, check, handicap | |
| Narrower | albatross, millstone | (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps |
| bind | Something that hinders as if with bonds | |
| diriment impediment | (canon law) an impediment that invalidates a marriage (such as the existence of a prior marriage) | |
| drag | Something that slows or delays progress | |
| obstacle, obstruction | Something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted | |
| straitjacket | Anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines | |
| Broader | difficulty | A factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result |
| Spanish | estorbo, freno, impedimento, obstáculo | |
| Catalan | força dissuasiva, fre, impediment, nosa, obstacle | |
| Meaning | One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof. | |
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| Synonyms | rafter, balk | |
| Broader | beam | long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction |
| Spanish | cabio, cabrio, contrapar, viga | |
| Catalan | biga | |
| Meaning | refuse to comply. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | resist, balk, jib | |
| Broader | disobey | refuse to go along with |
| Spanish | frustrar, negarse, plantarse, rehusar, resistirse | |
| Catalan | abandonar, frustrar, refusar, resistir-se | |
| Nouns | baulker | a person who refuses / refuses to comply |
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