transcription, транскрипция: [ staʊt ]
( stouter, stoutest)
1.
A stout person is rather fat.
He was a tall, stout man with gray hair.
ADJ
2.
Stout shoes, branches, or other objects are thick and strong.
I hope you’ve both got stout shoes...
...a stout oak door.
= sturdy
ADJ
3.
If you use stout to describe someone’s actions, attitudes, or beliefs, you approve of them because they are strong and determined.
He produced a stout defence of the car business...
= robust
ADJ [ approval ]
• stout‧ly
She stoutly defended her husband during the trial.
...stoutly anti-imperialist nations.
ADV : ADV with v , ADV adj