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Stocks

noun
/stɒks/
Word Frequency: 10.1

Definitions

1.nounA store or supply.
2.nounThe capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
3.nounThe raw material from which things are made; feedstock.
4.nounStock theater, summer stock theater.
5.nounThe trunk and woody main stems of a tree. The base from which something grows or branches.
6.nounAny of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
7.nounA handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached.
8.nounPart of a machine that supports items or holds them in place.
9.nounA bar, stick or rod.
10.nounA type of (now formal or official) neckwear.
11.nounA bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle
12.nounA piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings.
13.nounA cover for the legs; a stocking.
14.nounA block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
15.noun(by extension) A person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.
16.nounThe longest part of a split tally stick formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness.
17.noun(in the plural) The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.
18.noun(in the plural) Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
19.nounIn tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
20.nounThe beater of a fulling mill.
21.verbTo have on hand for sale.
"The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables."
22.verbTo provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
"to stock a farm, i.e. to supply it with cattle and tools"
23.verbTo allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
24.verbTo put in the stocks as punishment.
25.verbTo fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
26.verbTo arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; to stack the deck.
27.nounA thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.
28.nounA device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.
29.nounThe frame upon which a ship is built, and from which it is launched.

Synonyms

rudder stocklivestockcard stockrootstockunderstockrolling stockfeedstockstock-tiepillorybondsstoringconsumable

Rhymes With

paradoxfauxunorthodoxequinoxflummoxfoxboxidiot box
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