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stull

/stˈʌl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables
stull
IPA
/stˈʌl/
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

name

An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas, United States, named after a postmaster.

name

A census-designated place in Noxen Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States.

noun

A framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish or to protect miners from falling stones.

British usage

noun

Any timber prop to support a structure.

Etymology

Related to German Stollen (“stull”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stullô (“support, post, beam”), but its route into English is uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from Middle High German stolle. Doublet of stollen. Compare also stum.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

stulls (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Stull

Rhymes With

skull hull dull null lull gull cul cull mull sul gul tull

Questions

How do you pronounce stull?
The recorded pronunciation is /stˈʌl/.
What does stull mean?
A surname.
Where does stull come from?
It is traced to Proto-Germanic.

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