stoep
- noun
- South African
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stoep
- In the late afternoon, we sat quietly on the stoep and enjoyed the warm sunshine.
Examples
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There was this one neutralization and I was standing there on this stoep covered in kaffir brain, and blood, and shit.
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She thought that she had not heard them aright on the stoep during the day.
Fiction book (1994) -
She came out to the stoep-study and hitched her hip onto the table where Vera was doing some weekend work for the Foundation.
Fiction book (1994) -
After 35 years, Tilden's (1957) principles remain the most cited framework for interpretation (Vander Stoep, 1991).
Academic text (1997) -
A woman with white-streaked hair cut like a man's, speaking the usual badly accented Afrikaans of English-speaking townspeople, introduced herself there on the stoep as.
Fiction book (1994) -
Thandeka burst out onto the stoep, her face the standard-bearer of the old man's presence back in the house, and the lifeline between Annie and Vera fell before the alarm that some crisis in his state had occurred.
Fiction book (1994) -
She decorated the stoep with potted plants and colorful cushions for the summer party.
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After dinner, they gathered on the stoep to watch the sunset over the countryside.
Synonyms
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1.0
A covered area by the front door where people can sit or leave things
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2.0
A covered area at the front of a house where people can sit
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3.9
A small set of steps at the front of a house
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word stoep comes from Dutch and Afrikaans and originally meant a 'step' or small 'porch'. It shares its root with the English stoop, so imagine a few steps at the front of a house where people sit to remember its meaning.