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stook

[ stook, stook ]

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

  1. to stack sheaves of grain; form a pile of straw.

stook

/ stuːk /

noun

  1. a number of sheaves set upright in a field to dry with their heads together
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to set up (sheaves) in stooks
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈstooker, noun
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Other Words From

  • stooker noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stook1

1400–50; late Middle English stouk, Old English stūc heap; cognate with Middle Low German stūke, German Stauche; akin to stock
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stook1

C15: variant of stouk, of Germanic origin; compare Middle Low German stūke, Old High German stūhha sleeve
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Example Sentences

If the season is late, as is usual with us, then mid-September sees the corn still standing in stook.

At the end of September the foliage was heavy green, and the wheat stood dejectedly in stook.

"School isn't all games, I can tell you," said Keith, pulling a straw from the stook and chewing it meditatively.

The wheat usually stands only a week in stook, and is then threshed on the field.

Of course I had put on my landworker's clothes to stook in, and to my surprise this caused a great sensation.

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