English Explanatory Dictionary

Stull

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas, United States, named after a postmaster.
  3. A census-designated place in Noxen Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States.
noun
  1. A framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish or to protect miners from falling stones.
  2. Any timber prop to support a structure.

Pronunciation

En-us-stull.oga

Word forms

Stull stulls

Etymology

Related to German Stollen (“stull”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stullô (“support, post, beam”), but its route into English is uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from Middle High German stolle. Doublet of stollen. Compare also stum.

Related words

Stull
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