stade

[ steyd ]

/ steɪd /

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noun Geology.

a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.

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Also stadial.

Origin of stade

1530–40; <Middle French (earlier estade) <Latin stadium;see stadium

Words nearby stade

stacte, stactometer, Stacy, staddle, staddlestone, stade, Stader splint, stadholder, stadia, stadial, stadimeter

How to use stade in a sentence

French rugby players provided similar knowing delight in their Dieux du Stade calendars.
Prince Fielder’s Demi Moore Moment: World Loses It Over Athlete Without Six-Pack|Tim Teeman|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But now it is just a stadium like the Emirates Stadium [in London] or Stade de France.
Brazil’s World Cup Is An Expensive, Exploitative Nightmare|Vac Verikaitis|May 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But even the estimate of Ctesias, assuming the stade to be its usual length, would imply an area of about 100 sq. m.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1|Various
We have no more to add, than that four thousand Hanoverians are on their march for Stade to embark for America.
The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I|Various

Nov. 17th, die lun, I met Mr. Dyer comming to Stade, even in the myddle of the town.
The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee|John Dee
They sailed one night on to some hidden rocks before Stade, and then Giermund and all his crew perished.
Laxdla Saga|Anonymous
Later Stade spent several most trying years as the captive of a cannibalistic tribe.
The German Element in Brazil|Benjamin Franklin Schappelle

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