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stowp

stowp is the alternative form of stoup.

Meaning of stoup

Noun

stoup (plural stoups)

  1. (obsolete) A bucket.
  2. (archaic) A mug or other drinking vessel.
    • Fetch me a stoup of liquor.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  3. A receptacle for holy water, especially a basin set at the entrance of a church.
    • He was seen [...] bathing in the holy water stoup as if he were its single and beholden bird, pushing aside weary French maids and local tradespeople with the impatience of a soul in physical distress.1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 26
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Forms of stowp

pluralstowps

Questions about stowp

What is stowp the alternative form of?
Stowp is the alternative form of stoup.

Words near stowp in the dictionary

  1. Stowmarket
  2. stownd
  3. stownded
  4. stownding
  5. stownds
  6. stowp
  7. Stowport
  8. stowps
  9. stowre
  10. stowres
  11. stows

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stowp (page history and authors); stoup (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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