stud
/stʌd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.74 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
noun
A group of broodmares or other animals kept for breeding.
noun
A group of locomotives
Example Sentences
- "The King (then) went forth to visit the stud of broodmares, and the stables of the young steeds, he saw that they had famished them."
- "When I was a kid-about ten -my friend's grandfather, John Stone, had a stud of cocks."
- "He had the finest stud in England, and his delight was to win plates from Tories."
- "In freight working a considerable stud of ex-N.E.R. 3-cylinder 4-6-0s of Class "B16" is used, some of which include the Thompson modifications to the front end."
- "At that time, therefore, L.M.S. motive power for the increased loads of the Birmingham trains was less than adequate, whereas the G.W.R. route had an ample stud of Churchward and Collett 4-6-0s, and timekeeping was good."
- "It cannot be disputed that he put on the road, in this age of intense workings, a stud of locomotives the swiftness and reliability of which are second to none."
Etymology
From Middle English stood, stod, from Old English stōd, from Proto-West Germanic *stōd, from Proto-Germanic *stōdą. Cognate with Middle Low German stōt, German Stute, Dutch stoet and Old Norse stóð.
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /stʌd/
- British English: /stʌd/