Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

substack

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-stack
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A subset of a stack.

name

An online publishing platform for newsletters and journalism.

noun

A publication published via this platform.

Example Sentences

"In particular, we give necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of Poincar\'e bundles over the universal curve of an open substack of the rigidification, generalizing a result of Mestrano-Ramanan.."
"They're on Substack and they also have a YouTube channel."
"I've been reading her Substack for a while now."
"There are several Substacks that are worth watching for insightful coverage of this space."

Etymology

From sub- + stack.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: sub

Inflected Forms

substacks (plural)

Derived Forms

Substacker

Frequently Paired Words

superstack

Questions

What does substack mean?: A subset of a stack.
Where does substack come from?: From sub- + stack.

How to pronounce substack

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