sea stack
A pillar of rock that rises from the ocean, formed by surrounding softer ground…A pillar of rock that rises from the ocean, formed by surrounding softer ground eroding away.
Meaning
1 senses(UK)A pillar of rock that rises from the ocean, formed by surrounding softer ground eroding away.
Brandungspfeiler, Kliffpfeiler, Felsnadel
ке́курkékur
кекурkekur
Translations
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Origin
From sea + stack (“a heap, pile; large vertical column of rock in the sea”); stack is deriFrom sea + stack (“a heap, pile; large vertical column of rock in the sea”); stack is derived from Middle English stak (“a heap, pile, stack; large vertical column of rock in the sea”) [and other forms], from Old Norse stakkr (“a heap, pile; haystack; barn”) (compare Faroese stakkur (“sea stack”)), from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz (“pile of hay, haystack”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“beam, pole, stick”).
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