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Word entry · 5 letters

stalk

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"Plant stem"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /stɔːk/Part of speech noun, verbSorted aklstStarts with SEnds with K1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a stiff or threatening gait

Word origin

From Middle English stalke, stelke, stalk, perhaps from Old English *stealc, *stielc, *stealuc, from Proto-West Germanic *staluk, *stalik, from Proto-Germanic *stalukaz, *stalikaz, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *stalô, *staluz (“support, stem, stalk”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, stand; be stiff; stud, post, trunk, stake, stem, stalk”).

Used in a sentence

  • a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp
  • grape stalks
  • they appear to be made up of little Bladders , like those in the Plume or Stalk of a Quill

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