Definitions for Stout

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Stout stout

Spelling: [stout]

IPA: /staʊt/

Stout is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 34 anagrams from letters in Stout (osttu).

Definitions for Stout

noun

1. a dark, sweet brew made of roasted malt and having a higher percentage of hops than porter.
2. porter of extra strength.
3. a stout person.
4. a garment size designed for a stout man.
5. a garment, as a suit or overcoat, in this size.
6. Rex (Todhunter) [tod-huhn-ter] /ˈtɒdˌhʌn tər/ (Show IPA), 1886–1975, U.S. detective novelist.
7. Robert, 1844–1930, New Zealand jurist and statesman: prime minister 1884–87.

adjective

1. bulky in figure; heavily built; corpulent; thickset; fat: Synonyms: big, rotund, stocky, portly, fleshy. Antonyms: thin, lean, slender, slim; skinny, scrawny.
2. bold, brave, or dauntless: Synonyms: valiant, gallant, intrepid, fearless, indomitable, courageous, stouthearted. Antonyms: cowardly, timid, fearful, timorous, craven.
3. firm; stubborn; resolute: Synonyms: obstinate, indomitable, steadfast, staunch, unwavering.
4. forceful; vigorous: Synonyms: intense, sharp, violent.
5. strong of body; hearty; sturdy: Synonyms: brawny, sinewy, strapping, husky, robust.
6. having endurance or staying power, as a horse. Synonyms: stalwart, steady, untiring.
7. strong in substance or body, as a beverage. Antonyms: weak, tasteless, bland, flat.
8. strong and thick or heavy:

Origin of Stout

1250-1300; Middle English (adj.) Old French estout bold, proud Germanic; compare Middle Dutch stout bold, Middle Low German stolt, Middle High German stolz proud

Examples for Stout

Where she had been stout thirteen years before, she was now frankly fat.

Two bottles of stout supplied the necessary lubrication, and there was frequent recourse to a box of licorice pastilles.

Bates was a stout sailor, rough in appearance, but with a warm and kindly heart.

All the enemy's vessels had regular quarters, and the ships were stout craft.

Among the passengers was a stout, good-looking man, a New York merchant.

Princess Ariel and Prince Eric walk down the aisle, and are greeted by a stout clergyman who is allegedly too happy to see them.

“Or the world,” stout said, examining the photographs in a small metal box.

As this was a stout rope, something must part, before we could be washed away.

From the few photographs of him, we see a stout man with deep Indian features, a thick mustache and stoic face.

A stout woman with a grating voice, she asked, “So you think life is so good here in Ukraine?”