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alpenstock

UK/ˈælp.ən.stɒk//ˈælp.ən.stɑk/

alpenstock noun: a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain.

alpenstock: a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly...
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Noun

alpenstock (plural alpenstocks)

  1. A stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain.
    • […]liaison being leaked to Der Spiegel resulted in the bizarre deaths of both an Ottawan paparazzo and a Bavarian international-affairs editor, of an alpenstock through the abdomen and an ill-swallowed cocktail onion, respectively?’1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 30

alpenstock meaning in Tamil

alpenstock in Tamil

மலைவாணரது நீண்ட ஊன்றுகோல்

Forms of alpenstock

pluralalpenstocks

Origin of alpenstock

Borrowed from German Alpenstock, from Alpen (“alps”) + Stock (“stick”), early 19th c.

Questions about alpenstock

What does alpenstock mean?
Alpenstock means a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain.
What is alpenstock in Tamil?
Alpenstock in Tamil is மலைவாணரது நீண்ட ஊன்றுகோல். See Alpenstock meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is alpenstock?
Alpenstock is a noun.
How do you pronounce alpenstock?
Alpenstock is pronounced /ˈælp.ən.stɑk/ (US).
What is the plural of alpenstock?
The plural of alpenstock is alpenstocks.

Words near alpenstock in the dictionary

  1. alpenglows
  2. alpenhorn
  3. alpenhorns
  4. alpenrose
  5. alpenroses
  6. alpenstock
  7. alpenstocker
  8. alpenstockers
  9. alpenstocks
  10. Alper
  11. Alperin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alpenstock (page history and authors); alpenstock (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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