stoep

English

Etymology

Afrikaans stoep, from Dutch stoep.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /stuːp/
• Rhymes: -uːp

Noun

stoep (plural stoeps)

1. A raised verandah in front of a house.
   • 1926, Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier’, Norton 2005, p. 1501:

     To my surprise there was a house close beside me, a fairly large house with a broad stoep and many windows.

   • 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 89:

     On the stoep an old man was moving about on hands and knees with red polish and brushes and dirty cloths.

Anagrams

• estop
• ETOPS
• pesto
• poets
• poset
• stope
• topes

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -up
• IPA: /stup/

Noun

stoep m, f (plural stoepen, diminutive stoepje)

1. pavement
2. stoop, platform

Synonyms

• trottoir

Anagrams

• poets, poste, spote