Definition of stook - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
agricultureDated UK pile or bundle of straw or grainDated UK
- The farmer arranged the stook in the field.
2.
harvestDated UK group of sheaves stacked to dry verticallyDated UK
- They formed a stook to dry the grain.
Verb
agricultureDated UK gather and stack sheaves of grainDated UK
- After harvesting, they stooked the wheat in the field..
Images of stook
pile or bundle of straw or grain 
group of sheaves stacked to dry vertically
Origin of stook
Dutch, stook (stack)
Examples of stook in a sentence
A stook of wheat stood drying in the sun. Farmers gathered the wheat into a stook for drying. A stook stood prominently in the middle of the field. The farmers stooked the barley before the storm hit. They stooked the rye in neat rows.
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- French:gerbe, empiler, ...
- German:Getreidehaufen, stapeln, ...
- Italian:covone, impilare, ...
- Spanish:gavilla, apilar, ...
- Portuguese:meda, empilhar feixes, ...
- Chinese:禾捆, 堆成垛, ...
- Japanese:わら束, 束ねる, ...
- Arabic:حُزْمَة, كَوَّمَ الحُزَمَ, ...
- Hebrew:עֲרֵמַת קַשׁ, לֶאֱסוֹף וְלַעֲרוֹם אֲלֻמּוֹת, ...
- Russian:стог, связывать в снопы, ...
- Ukrainian:сніп, зв'язувати снопи, ...
- Hindi:फूस का गट्ठर, गट्ठर बनाना, ...
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