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stalks

stalks is the plural of stalk.

stalks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stalk.

Meaning of stalk

Noun

stalk (plural stalks)

  1. The stem or main axis of a plant.
    • a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp
  2. The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.
    • grape stalks
    Synonyms:
    footstalk
  3. Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.
    • they appear to be made up of little Bladders , like those in the Plume or Stalk of a Quill1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. […], London: […]...
  4. An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
  5. One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
  6. A stem or peduncle, as in certain barnacles and crinoids.

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Phrases with stalks

Questions about stalks

What is stalks the plural of?
Stalks is the plural of stalk.

Words near stalks in the dictionary

  1. stalklets
  2. stalklike
  3. stalko
  4. stalkoes
  5. stalkos
  6. stalks
  7. stalkumentaries
  8. stalkumentary
  9. stalky
  10. stall
  11. stall angle

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