stock

B2
Pronunciation
/stɒk/
/stɑk/
Noun
21 definition(s)
1 Definition

A store or supply.

2 Definition

The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an individual shareholder.

3 Definition

The raw material from which things are made; feedstock.

4 Definition

Stock theater, summer stock theater.

5 Definition

The trunk and woody main stems of a tree. The base from which something grows or branches.

6 Definition

Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.

7 Definition

A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached.

8 Definition

Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place.

9 Definition

A bar, stick or rod.

10 Definition

A type of (now formal or official) neckwear.

11 Definition

A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle

12 Definition

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

13 Definition

A cover for the legs; a stocking.

14 Definition

A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.

15 Definition

(by extension) A person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.

16 Definition

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.

17 Definition

(in the plural) The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.

18 Definition

(in the plural) Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.

19 Definition

In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as as trees, chains of salpae, etc.

20 Definition

The beater of a fulling mill.

21 Definition

A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.

Verb
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

To have on hand for sale.

Example Sentences
  • The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.
2 Definition

To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.

Example Sentences
  • to stock a farm, i.e. to supply it with cattle and tools
3 Definition

To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.

4 Definition

To put in the stocks as punishment.

5 Definition

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

6 Definition

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

Adjective
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.

Example Sentences
  • stock items
2 Definition

(racing, of a race car) Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car.

3 Definition

Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.

Example Sentences
  • He gave me a stock answer