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- [stohk]
- /stoʊk/
- /stəʊk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [stohk]
- /stoʊk/
Definitions of stoke word
- verb with object stoke to poke, stir up, and feed (a fire). 1
- verb with object stoke to tend the fire of (a furnace, especially one used with a boiler to generate steam for an engine); supply with fuel. 1
- verb without object stoke to shake up the coals of a fire. 1
- verb without object stoke to tend a fire or furnace. 1
- noun stoke a unit of kinematic viscosity, equal to the viscosity of a fluid in poises divided by the density of the fluid in grams per cubic centimeter. 1
- transitive verb stoke fire: stir up 1
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Origin of stoke
First appearance:
before 1675 One of the 48% oldest English words
1675-85; < Dutch stoken to feed or stock a fire; see stock
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Stoke
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
stoke popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
stoke usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for stoke
noun stoke
- anthracite — Anthracite is a type of very hard coal which burns slowly, producing a lot of heat and very little smoke.
- charcoal — Charcoal is a black substance obtained by burning wood without much air. It can be burned as a fuel, and small sticks of it are used for drawing with.
- coal — Coal is a hard black substance that is extracted from the ground and burned as fuel.
- culm — coal-mine waste
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