Definitions for stounds

stounds stound

Spelling: [stound, stoond]
IPA: /staʊnd, stund/

Stounds is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 122 anagrams from letters in stounds (dnosstu).

Definitions for stounds

noun

  1. Archaic. a short time; short while.

verb (used with or without object)

  1. Chiefly Scot. to pain; hurt.

Origin of stounds

before 1000; (noun) Middle English sto(u)nd, Old English stund space of time; cognate with German Stunde, Old Norse stund hour; (v.) Middle English stunden to stay, remain for a stound, deriv

Examples for stounds

I'd be nothing but an ache and a stound to the lass, as I've olas been—nothing but an ache and a stound to them all.

stound; a stroke that suddenly over-powers and produces faintness.

Suddenly there was a shock and stound all over the vessel, her progress was stopped, and a rocking vibration was felt everywhere.

"Your father is nothing but an ache and a stound to you, lass," Sim would say in a whimper.

I felt a stound of anguish at the words that might in other circumstances have been true but now were so remote from it.

Word Value for stounds
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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