stock.
A store or supply.
Meaning & usage
A store or supply.
A store or supply. A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.
We have a stock of televisions on hand.
I checked in the back of the stockroom and found some more stock.
A store or supply. A supply of anything, stored until used; especially, such a supply that is ready for use.
Lay in a stock of wood for the winter season.
A store or supply. Railroad rolling stock.
The Grand Trunk Railway had just purchased a large order of stock from the American Car and Foundry Company.
A store or supply. A stack of undealt cards made available to the players.
A store or supply. Farm or ranch animals; livestock.
Good ranchers must continually keep watch over the health of their stock.
A store or supply. The population of a given type of animal (especially fish) available to be captured from the wild for economic use.
The stocks of this fishery are recovering from overfishing, but the gains can easily reverse if our husbandry efforts lapse.
The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
His grandpa had bought some stock in General Electric in 1905, and he refused to sell it ever after.
The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder. The price or value of the stock of a company on the stock market.
When the bad news came out, the company's stock dropped precipitously.
The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder. A share in a company.
The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder. The measure of how highly a person or institution is valued.
After that last screw-up of mine, my stock is pretty low around here.
The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder. Any of several types of security that are similar to a stock, or marketed like one.
The raw material from which things are made, such as feedstock. Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup.
They make beef stock from the butchery scraps that they otherwise might not have used.
The raw material from which things are made, such as feedstock. The type of paper used in printing.
The books were printed on a heavier stock this year.
The raw material from which things are made, such as feedstock. Ellipsis of film stock.
The raw material from which things are made, such as feedstock. Plain soap before it is coloured and perfumed.
Stock theater, summer stock theater.
The trunk and woody main stems or limbs of a tree; the base from which something grows or branches.
The trunk and woody main stems or limbs of a tree; the base from which something grows or branches. The plant upon which the scion is grafted.
The trunk and woody main stems or limbs of a tree; the base from which something grows or branches. Lineage; family; ancestry.
The trunk and woody main stems or limbs of a tree; the base from which something grows or branches. Lineage; family; ancestry. A larger grouping of language families: a superfamily or macrofamily.
Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached. The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder.
A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached. The handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc.
Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place. The headstock of a lathe, drill, etc.
Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place. The tailstock of a lathe.
A bar, stick, or rod. A ski pole.
A bar, stick, or rod. A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes.
A bar, stick, or rod. The axle attached to the rudder, which transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder.
A bar, stick, or rod. A pipe (vertical cylinder of ore)
A type of (now formal or official) neckwear. A necktie or cravat, particularly a wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as a part of formal wear for horse riding competitions.
A type of (now formal or official) neckwear. A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar.
A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle
A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings.
A cover for the legs; a stocking.
A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
A person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.
The 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.
The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.
Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
The beater of a fulling mill.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Germanic *stikanąder. Proto-Germanic *stukkaz Proto-West Germanic *stokk Old English stocc Middle English stok English stock From Middle English stok, from Old English stocc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“tree-trunk”). Modern senses are mostly referring either to the trunk from which the tree grows (figuratively, its origin and/or support/foundation), or to a piece of wood, stick, or rod. The senses of "supply" and "raw material" arose from a probable conflation with steck (“an item of goods, merchandise”) or the use of split tally sticks consisting of foil or counterfoil and stock to capture paid taxes, debts or exchanges. Doublet of chock.
To have on hand for sale.
The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.
To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
to stock a warehouse with goods
to stock a farm, i.e. to supply it with cattle and tools
To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
To put in the stocks as punishment.
To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
To arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; to stack the deck.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Germanic *stikanąder. Proto-Germanic *stukkaz Proto-West Germanic *stokk Old English stocc Middle English stok English stock From Middle English stok, from Old English stocc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“tree-trunk”). Modern senses are mostly referring either to the trunk from which the tree grows (figuratively, its origin and/or support/foundation), or to a piece of wood, stick, or rod. The senses of "supply" and "raw material" arose from a probable conflation with steck (“an item of goods, merchandise”) or the use of split tally sticks consisting of foil or counterfoil and stock to capture paid taxes, debts or exchanges. Doublet of chock.
Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
stock items
stock sizes
Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car.
Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.
He gave me a stock answer.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Germanic *stikanąder. Proto-Germanic *stukkaz Proto-West Germanic *stokk Old English stocc Middle English stok English stock From Middle English stok, from Old English stocc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“tree-trunk”). Modern senses are mostly referring either to the trunk from which the tree grows (figuratively, its origin and/or support/foundation), or to a piece of wood, stick, or rod. The senses of "supply" and "raw material" arose from a probable conflation with steck (“an item of goods, merchandise”) or the use of split tally sticks consisting of foil or counterfoil and stock to capture paid taxes, debts or exchanges. Doublet of chock.
A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.
Where this word comes from
From Italian stoccata.
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