sea stack
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sea stack
- /ˈsiː ˌstæk/ UK
- /ˈsi ˌstæk/ US
Where it comes from
From 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”).
noun sea stacks · sea-stack
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A pillar of rock that rises from the ocean, formed by surrounding softer ground eroding away.
The sea-gull sprang upwards from where he had floated on the ripple, and hied him slowly away to his lodge in his deep sea-stack; the dusky cormorant flitted past, with heavier and more frequent stroke, to his whitened shelf high on the precipice; [...]
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noun pillar of rock that rises from the ocean
| Español | farallón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 시스택 siseutaek |
| 日本語 | 海食柱 kaishokuchū |
| 中文 | 海蝕柱 /海蚀柱 hǎishízhù |
| Português | leixão, roca |
| Français | stack |
| Deutsch | Brandungspfeiler, Kliffpfeiler, Felsnadel |
| Italiano | faraglione |
| Русский | ке́кур kékur |
| Tiếng Việt | khối đá tàn dư |
| עברית | סטאק |
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title = {sea stack},
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