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stake

noun / verb

Meaning

  1. nounA piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.

    Example: We have surveyor's stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders.

  2. verbTo fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.

    Example: to stake vines or plants

  3. nounA piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.

Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Five-letter puzzle facts

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#551 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
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Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None