STADE

Etymology 1

Noun

stade (plural stades)

(historical units of measure, dated) synonym of stadion: a former Greek unit of distance (variously 150–210 m at different places and times).

(dated) A track for footraces and its surrounding stadium.

A stage of progress

(obsolete) in a journey.

(medical, obsolete) of a disease.

(geology) in glaciation during which a secondary advance of the glaciers occurs.

Etymology 2

Noun

stade (plural stades)

(units of measure, obsolete) synonym of fathom.

Etymology 3

Noun

stade (plural stades)

(rare, obsolete) A chief town in an area or country.

Etymology 4

Noun

stade (plural stades)

(obsolete) Fabric or textiles from or similar to those of Stade.

Etymology 5

Noun

stade (plural stades)

(nautical, obsolete) A station for ships, as an anchorage or wharf.

Anagrams

• AEDST, Stead, TASed, asdet, dates, desat, sadet, sated, stead, tased, tsade

Proper noun

Stade

A city in Lower Saxony, Germany

Anagrams

• AEDST, Stead, TASed, asdet, dates, desat, sadet, sated, stead, tased, tsade

Source: Wiktionary


Stade, n. Etym: [Cf. F. stade.]

Definition: A stadium. Donne.

Stade, n. Etym: [Cf. G. gestade shore.]

Definition: A landing place or wharf. Knight.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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