stob

[ stob ]
/ stɒb /

noun Chiefly South Midland U.S.

a post, stump, or stake.

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Origin of stob

1275–1325; Middle English; variant of stub1

Words nearby stob

stm, stmt, stoa, stoat, stoating, stob, stoccado, stochastic, stochastic matrix, stochastic terrorism, stochastic variable
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British Dictionary definitions for stob

stob
/ (stɒb) /

noun

Scot, Northern English and US dialect a post or stump

Word Origin for stob

C14: variant of stub
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