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stobs

stobs is the plural of stob.

stobs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stob.

Meaning of stob

Noun

stob (plural stobs)

  1. (Appalachia, Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) A stick, twig or peg, especially in roofing or matting.
    • He climbed from the skiff and tied up at a stob and labored up the thick grassless bank toward the arches where the bridge went to earth.1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 11
  2. A small post for supporting paling.
  3. A wedge in coal-mining.

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Questions about stobs

What is stobs the plural of?
Stobs is the plural of stob.

Words near stobs in the dictionary

  1. Stobie
  2. stobie pole
  3. stobie poles
  4. Stobies
  5. Stobo
  6. stobs
  7. Stobswood
  8. stocah
  9. stocahs
  10. stoccade
  11. stoccaded

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