stoep

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/stuːp/

Definition of stoep

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A raised veranda in front of a house.
    “To my surprise there was a house close beside me, a fairly large house with a broad stoep and many windows.”
    “On the stoep an old man was moving about on hands and knees with red polish and brushes and dirty cloths.”
    “Why should the Police want us to spend nights hiding on other people's stoeps and beg in the streets and make a nuisance of ourselves?”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans stoep, from Dutch stoep, from Middle Dutch stoep. Doublet of stoop.

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