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stours

stours is the plural of stour.

Meaning of stour

Noun (1)

stour (plural stours)

  1. (UK, Ulster, dialectal) A blowing or deposit of dust; dust in motion or at rest; dust in general.

Noun (2)

stour (plural stours)

  1. A stake.
  2. A round of a ladder.
  3. A stave in the side of a wagon.
  4. A large pole by which barges are propelled against the stream; a poy.

Noun (3)

stour (plural stours)

  1. (obsolete) An armed battle or conflict.
    • Then there began a passyng harde stoure, for the Romaynes ever wexed ever bygger., Book V

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Questions about stours

What is stours the plural of?
Stours is the plural of stour.

Words near stours in the dictionary

  1. stoured
  2. stouring
  3. Stourpaine
  4. Stourport
  5. Stourport-on-Severn
  6. stours
  7. Stourton
  8. Stourton with Gasper
  9. stoush
  10. stoushed
  11. stoushes

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