Stalk

Quick meaning: Stalk is a noun meaning The stem or main axis of a plant.

Meaning

The stem or main axis of a plant.

More Meanings

1. The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.
2. Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.
3. (architecture) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
4. One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
5. A stem or peduncle, as in certain barnacles and crinoids.
6. The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
7. The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.

Example Sentences

grape stalks

My ex-girlfriend is stalking me.

villages stalked by the threat of famine

a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp

Word Forms

• stalks
• stalking
• stalked

Synonyms for stalk

Depending on context, synonyms include footstalk, stem, husk, chaff, shuck, straw.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include husk, shuck, chaff, straw, stubble, haunt.

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