stere

American  

[steer] / stɪər /

noun

1. a cubic meter equivalent to 35.315 cubic feet or 1.3080 cubic yards, used to measure cordwood. st

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stere British  

/ stɪə /

noun

1. a unit used to measure volumes of stacked timber equal to one cubic metre (35.315 cubic feet)

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Etymology

Origin of stere

1790–1800; < French stère < Greek stereós solid

Example Sentences

The theoretical unit of volume is the stere, which is a cubic meter.

From The Style Book of The Detroit News by News, The Detroit

Decist�re, des-i-stār, n. a cubic measure equal to 1⁄10 stere.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Was no stightlyng with stere ne no stithe ropes, Ne no sayle, þat might serue for unsound wedur.

From Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century by Morris, Richard

Fallere stere nere mentari nilque tacere Haec qumque vere statuit Deus in muliere.

From The Arte of English Poesie by Puttenham, George

And for because that Saturne is of so late sterynge, therfore the folk of that contree, that ben undre his clymat, han of kynde no wille for to meve ne stere to seche strange places.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard