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The correct spelling is stakes.
How to pronounce stakes
/steɪks/
nounIPA: /steɪks/
Say it like: Sta-kes
The correct spelling is stakes. A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay. For example: "We have surveyor's stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders."
Usage Examples
“We have surveyor's stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders.”
“Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake.”
“The owners let the managers eventually earn a stake in the business.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.
- 2.A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.
- 3.A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.
- 4.(with definite article) The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned.
- 5.A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
verb
- 1.To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.
- 2.To pierce or wound with a stake.
- 3.To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.
- 4.To provide another with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture.
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