Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stays

/steɪz/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables: stays
IPA: /steɪz/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of stay

name

Example Sentences

"Her face was whiter than snow, and her heart was throbbing through her stays."
"“Listen! I see it all — down, down even to the stays! Such stays! Six-eight a pair, Polly, with red flannel — or list is it? — that they put into the tops of those fearful things. I can draw you a picture of them.”"
"Her throat was contracted, her breasts strove against the enlacement of her stays, she was about to weep."

Synonyms

corset girdle

Rhymes With

days ways plays raise phase praise phrase pays essays displays rays surveys

Questions

How do you pronounce stays?: The recorded pronunciation is /steɪz/.
What does stays mean?: plural of stay

How to pronounce stays

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