sea-stack
sea-stack is the alternative form of sea stack.
Meaning of sea stack
Noun
sea stack (plural sea stacks)
- A pillar of rock that rises from the ocean, formed by surrounding softer ground eroding away.
- The sea-gull sprang upwards from where he had floated on the ripple, and hied him slowly away to his lodge in his deep sea-stack; the dusky cormorant flitted past, with heavier and more frequent stroke, to his whitened shelf high on the precipice; [...]1854 May 15, “Notes on Books”, in Norton’s Literary Gazette and Publishers’ Circular, volume I (New Series), number X, New York, N.Y.: Baker, Godwin & Co., […] [for Charles Benjamin Norton], →OCLC...
- Synonyms:
- stack
Forms of sea-stack
| plural | sea-stacks |
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Questions about sea-stack
- What is sea-stack the alternative form of?
- Sea-stack is the alternative form of sea stack.
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