Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stob

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: stob
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A stick, twig or peg, especially in roofing or matting.

noun

A small post for supporting paling.

noun

A wedge in coal-mining.

verb

To stab.

verb

To roof with stob-thatch.

verb

To make mats with a stob tool.

Example Sentences

"He climbed from the skiff and tied up at a stob and labored up the thick grassless bank toward the arches where the bridge went to earth."

Etymology

From Middle English; variant of stub.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

stobs (plural) stobs (present, singular) stobbing (participle, present) stobbed (participle, past) stobbed (past)

Synonyms

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Questions

What does stob mean?: A stick, twig or peg, especially in roofing or matting.
Where does stob come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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