Stoke

English Midlands city

Stoke appears in several English place names, most notably Stoke-on-Trent, a city in the English Midlands known for its pottery industry.

Stoke comes from an Old English word meaning place or settlement.

He grew up in Stoke. (Lowercase stoke is the verb meaning to tend a fire.)

place

Midlands

England's central region

potteryFired clay objects
ceramicsHardened clay objects
StaffordshireMidlands county in England

settlement · city · town

Opposites

fire/heat management

Stokeextinguish

End combustion forcibly

douse · quench · smother · put out · dampen

emotional/enthusiasm intensity

Wet slightly or diminish

suppress · quell · discourage · diminish · calm

uk city character

England's capital city

Cambridge · Oxford · Bath · Edinburgh · Brighton

Phrases

stoke the fire
Bram Stoker
nuclear stockpileStored warheads ready for deployment
weapons stockpileStored collection of armaments
vaccine stockpileStored supply of preventive shots
stockade fenceWall of sharpened posts

Family

stockpile, stockade, stoker, stoking, Stoke-on-Trent

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