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stempel.

A shelf set into a mineshaft for storing waste material, or for use as a step or support.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A shelf set into a mineshaft for storing waste material, or for use as a step or support.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Low German Stempel or Dutch stempel, akin to Old English stempan (“to stamp”), all from Proto-West Germanic *stampōn, from Proto-Germanic *stampōną (“to compress, squeeze, stamp”).

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