How to pronounce "st"

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Phonetic Breakdown of "st"

Learn how to break down "st" into its phonetic components. Understanding syllables and phonetics helps with pronunciation, spelling, and language learning.

IPA Phonetic Pronunciation:

S T R IY1 T
Standard phonetic transcription to help with precise pronunciation

Pronunciation Tips:

  • Stress the first syllable
  • Pay attention to vowel sounds
  • Practice each syllable separately

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Definition of "st"

Interjection

  • Expressing a sudden desire for silence.

Noun

  • A title given to a saint, often prefixed to the person's name.
    Example: ""Saint Stephen was the first martyr.""
  • Someone connected with any of the sports teams known as the Saints, as a fan, player, coach etc.
  • Saint class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR.

Noun

  • A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
  • High social standing or circumstance.
  • A polity.
  • (stochastic processes) An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.
  • (grammar) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that do not change over time.
    Antonyms: occurrence

Noun

  • A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
  • An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.
    Example: "cross stitch"
  • An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise.
  • A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn
    Example: "drop a stitch"
  • An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
  • A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
  • A fastening, as of thread or wire, through the back of a book to connect the pages.
  • (by extension) Any space passed over; distance.
  • A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
    Example: "a stitch in the side"
  • A contortion, or twist.
  • Any least part of a fabric or dress.
    Example: "She didn't have a stitch on."
  • A furrow.
  • The space between two double furrows.

Noun

  • A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
  • A small piece of stone, a pebble.
  • A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
  • (plural: stone) A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc. 1 stone ≈ 6.3503 kilograms
  • The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
    Example: "a peach stone"
  • A hard, stone-like deposit.
    Example: "kidney stone"
  • A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go.
  • A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
  • A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
  • A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
  • A mirror, or its glass.
  • A testicle of an animal.
  • A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing; also called imposing stone.

Noun

  • A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
    Example: "This building used to be a store for old tires."
  • A supply held in storage.
  • (mainly North American) A place where items may be purchased; a shop.
    Example: "I need to get some milk from the grocery store."
  • Memory.
    Example: "The main store of 1000 36-bit words seemed large at the time."
  • A great quantity or number; abundance.

Noun

  • A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
    Example: "Walk down the street until you see a hotel on the right."
  • A road as above but including the sidewalks (pavements) and buildings.
    Example: "I live on the street down from Joyce Avenue."
  • The people who live in such a road, as a neighborhood.
  • The people who spend a great deal of time on the street in urban areas, especially, the young, the poor, the unemployed, and those engaged in illegal activities.
  • An illicit or contraband source, especially of drugs.
    Example: "I got some pot cheap on the street."
  • Streetwise slang.
  • A great distance.
    Example: "He's streets ahead of his sister in all the subjects in school."
  • Each of the three opportunities that players have to bet, after the flop, turn and river.
  • Living in the streets.
    Example: "a street cat; a street urchin"
  • (urban toponymy) By restriction, the streets that run perpendicular to avenues.

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Words That Sound Like "st"

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