stalk

English

/stɔːk/, /stɔk/, /stɑk/

noun
Definitions
  • The stem or main axis of a plant, which supports the seed-carrying parts.
  • The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.
  • Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.
  • (architecture) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
  • One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
  • (zoology)
  • (metalworking) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English stalke derived from Old English stalu (theft, wooden upright, stealth) derived from Proto-Germanic *stalǭ derived from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (put, place, locate, stand, post, set, stalk, broaden, trunk, broad).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*stel-

Gloss

put, place, locate, stand, post, set, stalk, broaden, trunk, broad

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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