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beanstalk

noun

Etymology

From bean + stalk.

  1. derived from *stel-✻ — “to place, stand; be stiff; stud, post, trunk, stake, stem, stalk”
  2. derived from *stalô✻
  3. inherited from *stalukaz✻
  4. inherited from *staluk✻
  5. inherited from *stealc✻
  6. inherited from stalke
  7. compounded as beanstalk — “bean + stalk”

Definitions

  1. The stem of a bean plant, proverbially fast-growing and tall.

  2. A tall, slim person.

  3. A space elevator.

    • If we don't build a Beanstalk, somebody else will—and once one is working, the number of rocket launches will drop to zero. That's the source of more than half our income.
    • I have never liked riding the Beanstalk. My distaste was full-blown even before the disaster to the Quito Skyhook. A cable that goes up into the sky with nothing to hold it up smells too much of magic.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA