Usually means: Cheap, simple, British submachine gun.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sten, Sten, sten, sten-: Merriam-Webster
  2. sten: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sten, sten-: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Sten, sten: Wordnik
  5. Sten: Wiktionary
  6. Sten, sten, sten: Dictionary.com
  7. Sten: Online Etymology Dictionary
  8. Sten (disambiguation), Sten (name), Sten: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Sten: Rhymezone

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sten-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. sten(o)-, sten-: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. STEN: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sten: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Sten)

noun:  The Sten gun, a family of British 9-millimeter submachine guns used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II, the Korean War and other conflicts.
noun:  A surname from the North Germanic languages, equivalent to English Stone, equivalent of Peter or Peters (Petros - stone, rock)

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