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stock.

A store or supply.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

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noun/stɒk/UK/stɑk/US
  1. A store or supply.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A store or supply. A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.

    countable · uncountable
    We have a stock of televisions on hand.
    I checked in the back of the stockroom and found some more stock.
  3. A store or supply. A supply of anything, stored until used; especially, such a supply that is ready for use.

    countable · uncountable
    Lay in a stock of wood for the winter season.
  4. A store or supply. Railroad rolling stock.

    countable · uncountable
    The Grand Trunk Railway had just purchased a large order of stock from the American Car and Foundry Company.
  5. A store or supply. A stack of undealt cards made available to the players.

    countable · uncountable
  6. A store or supply. Farm or ranch animals; livestock.

    countable · uncountable
    Good ranchers must continually keep watch over the health of their stock.
  7. A store or supply. The population of a given type of animal (especially fish) available to be captured from the wild for economic use.

    countable · uncountable
    The stocks of this fishery are recovering from overfishing, but the gains can easily reverse if our husbandry efforts lapse.
  8. The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder.

    countable · uncountable
    His grandpa had bought some stock in General Electric in 1905, and he refused to sell it ever after.
  9. 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.

    countable · uncountable
    When the bad news came out, the company's stock dropped precipitously.
  10. 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.

    US · countable · especially · uncountable
  11. 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.

    countable · figuratively · uncountable
    After that last screw-up of mine, my stock is pretty low around here.
  12. 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.

    countable · uncountable
  13. 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.

    countable · uncountable
    They make beef stock from the butchery scraps that they otherwise might not have used.
  14. The raw material from which things are made, such as feedstock. The type of paper used in printing.

    countable · uncountable
    The books were printed on a heavier stock this year.
  15. The raw material from which things are made, such as feedstock. Ellipsis of film stock.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · ellipsis · uncountable
  16. The raw material from which things are made, such as feedstock. Plain soap before it is coloured and perfumed.

    countable · uncountable
  17. Stock theater, summer stock theater.

    countable · uncountable
  18. The trunk and woody main stems or limbs of a tree; the base from which something grows or branches.

    countable · uncountable
  19. 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.

    countable · uncountable
  20. The trunk and woody main stems or limbs of a tree; the base from which something grows or branches. Lineage; family; ancestry.

    broadly · countable · uncountable
  21. 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.

    broadly · countable · uncountable
  22. Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.

    countable · uncountable
  23. 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.

    countable · uncountable
  24. A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached. The handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc.

    countable · uncountable
  25. Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place. The headstock of a lathe, drill, etc.

    countable · uncountable
  26. Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place. The tailstock of a lathe.

    countable · uncountable
  27. A bar, stick, or rod. A ski pole.

    countable · uncountable
  28. A bar, stick, or rod. A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes.

    countable · uncountable
  29. A bar, stick, or rod. The axle attached to the rudder, which transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder.

    countable · uncountable
  30. A bar, stick, or rod. A pipe (vertical cylinder of ore)

    countable · uncountable
  31. 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.

    countable · uncountable
  32. A type of (now formal or official) neckwear. A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar.

    countable · uncountable
  33. A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle

    countable · uncountable
  34. A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings.

    countable · uncountable
  35. A cover for the legs; a stocking.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  36. A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.

    countable · uncountable
  37. A person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.

    broadly · countable · obsolete · uncountable
  38. 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.

    UK · countable · historical · uncountable
  39. The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.

    countable · in-plural · uncountable
  40. Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.

    UK · countable · in-plural · uncountable
  41. In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as trees, chains of salpae, etc.

    countable · uncountable
  42. The beater of a fulling mill.

    countable · uncountable
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.

verb/stɒk/UK/stɑk/US
  1. To have on hand for sale.

    The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.
  2. 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
  3. To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.

  4. To put in the stocks as punishment.

  5. To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.

  6. To arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; to stack the deck.

    dated
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.

adj/stɒk/UK/stɑk/US
  1. Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.

    not-comparable
    stock items
    stock sizes
  2. Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car.

    not-comparable
  3. Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.

    not-comparable
    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.

noun/stɒk/UK/stɑk/US
  1. A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.

Where this word comes from

From Italian stoccata.

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