(a) stake vs. the stake (draft)

Дата публикации: Aug 01, 2021 1:11:58 PM

stake BrE /steɪk/ ; NAmE /steɪk/

[countable] a wooden or metal post that is pointed at one end and pushed into the ground in order to support something, mark a particular place, etc.

Tall plants can be secured by tying them to stakes.

the stake [singular] a wooden post that somebody could be tied to in former times before being burnt to death (= killed by fire) as a punishment

Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake.