STORK
What does "STORK" mean?
A tall, long-legged wading bird with a long heavy bill.
Meanings
- A large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae, with long legs, a long neck, and a long stout bill, often nesting on rooftops. A stork stood motionless in the shallows, waiting for a frog.
- The bird of folklore said to deliver newborn babies. When she asked where babies come from, he muttered something about a stork. figurative
Did you know?
- Most storks are essentially mute - they lack a functioning voice box, so they 'talk' by rapidly clattering their bills, a sound that can carry across a whole meadow.
Word origin
From Old English 'storc', shared with German 'Storch' and related Germanic forms, possibly linked to a root meaning 'stiff', referring to the bird's rigid posture.
A little poem
Red-legged statue-
the chimney becomes a nest,
the village its luck.
haiku
Wordplay
- How does a stork keep a secret? It never says a word - it just clatters around the subject.
What it teaches
Stillness is not idleness; the patient hunter eats while the restless one starves.
Quick facts
What does STORK mean?
A tall, long-legged wading bird with a long heavy bill.
Is STORK a valid word?
Yes — STORK is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is STORK?
STORK has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does STORK come from?
From Old English 'storc', shared with German 'Storch' and related Germanic forms, possibly linked to a root meaning 'stiff', referring to the bird's rigid posture.
What can STORK teach us?
Stillness is not idleness; the patient hunter eats while the restless one starves.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.