stork

/stɔɹk/

noun 3name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

above, black, broken, white

VERB + STORK

believes, brought, delivered, save, struck, visit

STORK + NOUN

baby, clatter, heron, nests, something

PREP.

from, in, off, on, with

ADV.

away

noun

A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the order Ciconiiformes and its family Ciconiidae.

The mythical bringer of babies to families, or good news.

My sister's expecting a visit from the stork.

The seventeenth Lenormand card.

name

A surname.

My sister's expecting a visit from the stork.

Wiktionary

She believes in the stork.

Tatoeba · #975098

The stork was flying above the city.

Tatoeba · #4191606

Parents used to tell their children that babies were delivered by a stork.

Tatoeba · #5033559

Our stork flew away to warmer countries.

Tatoeba · #6029161

The stork is a wading bird.

Tatoeba · #6034951

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In some senses, stork is marked as euphemistic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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