verstek
Dutch
Etymology
From versteken.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vərˈstɛk/, /vɛrˈstɛk/
- Hyphenation: ver‧stek
- Rhymes: -ɛk
Noun
verstek n (uncountable)
- (law) absence from a court meeting to which one has been summoned, default
- (architecture) a joint formed by connecting two components at segments having 45° angles relative to their length or width, the whole forming a right angle
- (obsolete) expropriation, deprivation
Related terms
- verstoken