Meaning
- (noun) A 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. “We have surveyor's stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders.”
- (noun) A 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.
- (noun) A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.
- (noun) (with definite article) The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned. “Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake.”
- (noun) A share or interest in a business or a given situation. “The owners let the managers eventually earn a stake in the business.”
- (noun) That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
- (noun) A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching hole in or cutting a work piece, or for specific forming techniques etc.
- (noun) A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.
- (verb) To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes. “to stake vines or plants”
- (verb) To pierce or wound with a stake.
- (verb) To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.
- (verb) To provide another with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture. “His family staked him $10,000 to get his business started.”
Letter breakdown
- Stake contains 5 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 3 consonant(s).
- It uses 5 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 1.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 9.
Letter rearrangements
Connected words
Other 5-letter words
- abaci
- aback
- abaft
- abase
- abash
- abate
- abbey
- abbot
- abeam
- abets
- abhor
- abide
- abler
- abode
- abort
- about
- above
- abuse
Words starting with STA
- stab
- stabbed
- stabbing
- stabbings
- stability
- stabilization
- stabilize
- stabilized
- stabilizer
- stabilizers
- stabilizes
- stabilizing
- stable
- stabled
- stabler
- stables
- stablest
- stabling
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Words ending with AKE
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Reader questions
What does Stake mean?
A 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.
What are the anagrams of Stake?
Valid anagrams: skate, steak, takes, teaks.
How many letters are in Stake?
Stake has 5 letters.
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