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Word entry · 5 letters

stake

Best crossword clue

"Garden support stick"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /steɪk/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aekstStarts with SEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Share, risk, bet, or pointed support stick.

Word origin

From Middle English stake, from Old English staca (“pin, tack, stake”), from Proto-West Germanic *stakō, from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *stog-, *steg- (“stake”).

Used in a sentence

  • We have surveyor's stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders.
  • A sharpened stake strong Dryas found.
  • Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Garden support stick5 letters
02Share or bet5 letters

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