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Stokes Stokes

Spelling: [stohks]

IPA: /stoʊks/

Stokes is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 69 anagrams from letters in Stokes (ekosst).

Definitions for Stokes

noun

1. Carl B(urton) 1927–1996, U.S. politician: the first black mayor of a major U.S. city (Cleveland, Ohio, 1967–71).
2. Sir Frederick Wilfrid Scott, 1860–1927, British inventor and engineer.
3. Sir George Gabriel, 1819–1903, British physicist and mathematician, born in Ireland.
4. a unit of kinematic viscosity, equal to the viscosity of a fluid in poises divided by the density of the fluid in grams per cubic centimeter.

verb (used with object)

1. to poke, stir up, and feed (a fire).
2. to tend the fire of (a furnace, especially one used with a boiler to generate steam for an engine); supply with fuel.

verb (used without object)

1. to shake up the coals of a fire.
2. to tend a fire or furnace.

Origin of Stokes

1675-85; Dutch stoken to feed or stock a fire; see stock

Examples for Stokes

“After the trial and the appeals it is easy to ask yourself what could we have done better,” said Stokes.

Stokes says he was disappointed when one of the mainstream underwear brands passed on the idea.

Old Mr. Stokes, the family attorney, was the only lawyer they knew.

Dudley ‘Tal’ Stokes, founding member of the team, answers questions on what really happened.

But even though Stokes is a big fan, he acknowledges it might be too early to tell whether the fashion industry will embrace him.

A distinct picture came to him of his classroom and old Doctor Stokes.

Mr. Stokes was an honest man who disliked trouble of this kind.

All I ask, said Stokes, is to be laid by that officer that I may die in his presence.

He has been living in Europe in recent years, but maintains a high profile—and Stokes his fan base--online.

All the concerns of the family had been managed by Mr. Stokes.