stapel — meaning in English

English meaning

• stem noun The main stalk of a plant that supports leaves, flowers, or fruit.
• stocks noun A historical wooden device with holes for the hands and feet, used to publicly restrain and punish offenders.

Senses

stapel is used for these senses in English:

• stocks (plurale tantum) A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.

stem — full definition

1. noun The main stalk of a plant that supports leaves, flowers, or fruit.
2. noun A slender supporting part of an object, such as a wine glass or tobacco pipe.
3. noun The base form of a word to which endings are added.
4. verb To originate or arise from something.
5. verb To stop or hold back the flow or spread of something.

stocks — full definition

1. noun A historical wooden device with holes for the hands and feet, used to publicly restrain and punish offenders.
2. noun Shares of ownership in companies, considered collectively as an investment category.

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