stook
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of stook
1400–50; late Middle English stouk, Old English stūc heap; cognate with Middle Low German stūke, German Stauche; akin to stock
Example Sentences
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The 67 net yards passing were the fewest in an opener in the past 30 years — a mark that stook only a few hours.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
The gorged river rose until all the low-lying land was flooded, hundreds of pounds’ worth of corn in stook swept away, and all standing crops were damaged to an enormous extent.
From The Revellers by Louis Tracy
What is more, I’m going out in the fields, when the push is on, to help stook the wheat.
From The Prairie Child by Ward. E. F. (Edmund Franklin)
Every day, after the noon-tide meal, she would go to sleep on the shady side of a stook, upon two or three sheaves which Dowie would lay down for her in a choice spot.
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by George MacDonald
"I want this wheat in stook before we sleep Friday."
From Neighbours by Robert J. C. Stead
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