stoep

/ stʊp /

noun

1. a veranda

Word History and Origins

Origin of stoep¹

Afrikaans from Dutch

Example Sentences

To our left, Vesuvius, with its three peaks, was smoking away as peacefully as a Hollander on his hooge stoep.

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We had risen from table and I had gone out on to the stoep, “to see if the storm was passing off,” as I put it carelessly.

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Reining in I strained my eyes upon it, but it showed no sign of life—no flutter of light dresses about the stoep or garden.

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The family had just gone to bed, and Kendrew and I were sitting out on the stoep smoking a last pipe.

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As they swung back the wooden gate which opened into the garden, the owner came out onto the stoep.

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