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stangs

stangs is the plural of stang.

stangs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stang.

Meaning of stang

Noun

stang (plural stangs)

  1. A forked ritual staff.
    • The stang represents the horned god and the masculine force of nature. Much like the wand or athame, the stang is used for raising or directing power[…]2006 January 7, Lady Sabrina, Exploring Wicca, Updated Edition, →ISBN, page 87
  2. (archaic, obsolete) A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
    • Gripping the stang, she peered / At ghostly trees. Bus stopped. Bus disappeared.1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
  3. (historical, obsolete) In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.
    • These fields were intermingled with woods of half a stang,*... (with the corresponding footnote: "An old word for a perch, sixteen feet and a half. These small woods were therefore eight feet and a quarter.")1880, Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels into several Remote Nations of the World - Part I, Chapter II (page 15)

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Proper noun capitalized: Stangs

Stangs

  1. (plural) plural of Stang

Questions about stangs

What is stangs the plural of?
Stangs is the plural of stang.
What part of speech is stangs?
Stangs is a proper noun.

Words near stangs in the dictionary

  1. Stanglers
  2. Stangls
  3. Stango
  4. Stangos
  5. Stanground
  6. stangs
  7. Stanhoe
  8. stanhope
  9. Stanhope Gardens
  10. Stanhope South
  11. stanhopes

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