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The child of your stepmother or stepfather is called your stepbrother or stepsister . The child from an earlier marriage of your husband or wife is called your stepson or stepdaughter .

Ster . e . О / 'steriou / noun [ count ] ( plural ster - e - os ) a machine for playing CDs, tapes, or records, with two parts (called speakers ) where the sound comes from

a car stereo

► ster • e • o adjective

a stereo broadcast

ster • e • o • type / ' steriataip / noun [ count ]

an idea that a lot of people have about a particular type of person or thing, which is often not really true a cultural stereotype

ster • ile / ' steral / adjective

( BIOLOGY , HEALTH )

not able to produce young animals or babies

completely clean and free from things that can cause disease ( bacteria )

All medical instruments must be sterile.

stern 1 / starn / adjective ( stern - er , stern - est )

serious and strict with people; not smiling or friendly a stern expression ► stern • ly / ' starnli / adverb "Go to your room," he said sternly.

stern2/ starn / noun [ count ]

the back end of a ship or boat —Look at bow 2 ( 2 ).

steth • o • scope

/ ' ste9askoup / noun [count]

( HEALTH ) the thing that a doctor uses to listen to your heart and breathing

stew / stu / noun

[ count, noncount ]

food that you make by cooking meat or vegetables in liquid for a long time beef stew

► stew verb ( stews , stew - ing , stewed )

stewedfruit

stew • ard / stuard / noun [ count ]

a man whose job is to serve and help people on a ship or an airplane

—Look at flight attendant .

stew • ard • ess / stuardas / noun [ count ] ( plural stew . ard - ess . es )

a woman whose job is to serve and help people on a ship or an airplane

—Look at flight attendant .

Stick 1 Ф/ stik / verb ( sticks , stick - ing , stuck / stAk / has stuck )

to push a pointed thing into something Stick a fork into the meat to see if it's cooked.

to join something to something else with a sticky substance; to become joined in this way

I stuck a stamp on the envelope.

to be fixed in one place; to not be able to move This door always sticks.

( informal ) to put something somewhere Stick that box on the floor.

stick out to come out of the side or top of something so that you can see it easily

The boy's head was sticking out of the window. stick something out to push something out Don't stick your tongue out!

stick to something to continue with something and not change it

We're sticking to Peter's plan.

stick together (used about a group of people) to stay friendly and support each other

stick up for someone or something to say that someone or something is right

Everyone else said I was wrong, but Kim stuck up for me.

stick 2 Ф / stik / noun [ count ]

a long, thin piece of wood

We found some sticks and made a fire.

a long, thin object that is used in some sports to hit or control the ball

a hockey stick

a long, thin piece of something a stick of celery

stick • er / ' stikar / noun [ count ]

a small piece of paper with a picture or words on it, which you can stick onto things

Stick .уФ/ stiki/ adjective ( stick - i - er , stick - i - est )

able to stick to things; covered with a substance that can stick to things

Glue is sticky. ♦ sticky fingers

stiff / stif / adjective ( stiff - er , stiff est )

not easy to bend or move stiff cardboard

Still lO/stil/ adverb

a word that you use to show that something has not changed

Do you still live in Denver? Is it still raining?

although that is true

She felt sick, but she still went to the party.

a word that you use to make another word stronger It was cold yesterday, but today it's colder still.

sti 11 2 Ф / stil / adjective

without moving