stay

a large strong rope usually of wire used to support a mast

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

4 Letters, 1 Syllable

stay


3 Phonemes

s t A


onset, rime

st ay


Morpheme

stay


Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

holiday

sojourn

stopover

vacation

break

halt

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

stay

stay in

stay on

stay out

stay up

long-stay

stay away

stay over

short-stay

Neighborhood

Rhymes

clay

day

gray

hey

lay

may

pay

play

say

Onset Friends

still

started

stop

stood

start

stand

stick

steak

story

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