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bean-stalk

bean-stalk is the alternative form of beanstalk.

Meaning of beanstalk

Noun

beanstalk (plural beanstalks)

  1. The stem of a bean plant, proverbially fast-growing and tall.
  2. (broadly, colloquial, figuratively) A tall, slim person.
  3. A space elevator.
    • If we don't build a Beanstalk, somebody else will—and once one is working, the number of rocket launches will drop to zero. That's the source of more than half our income.1979, Charles Sheffield, The Web Between the Worlds

Forms of bean-stalk

pluralbean-stalks

Questions about bean-stalk

What is bean-stalk the alternative form of?
Bean-stalk is the alternative form of beanstalk.

Words near bean-stalk in the dictionary

  1. bean-shaped plasmas
  2. bean-shooter
  3. bean-shooters
  4. bean-shot copper
  5. bean-soupery
  6. bean-stalk
  7. bean-stalks
  8. bean-stick
  9. bean-sticks
  10. bean-straw
  11. bean-straws

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