/stɔːk/
noun
The stem or main axis of a plant, which supports the seed-carrying parts.The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.A stem or peduncle, as in certain barnacles and crinoids.The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.