noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌstɒˈkeɪd/
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US:stä'kādʹ
US:/ˌstɑˈkeɪd/
rhymes with -eɪd
CMU ARPABET:S T AA1 K EY2 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
An enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A military prison.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To enclose in a stockade.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: concentration camp
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: camp
Narrower terms: death camp, Auschwitz, Belsen, Buchenwald, Dachau
5
noun
Meaning 5
fortification consisting of a fence made of a line of stout posts set firmly for defense
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fortification, munition
6
verb
Meaning 6
surround with a stockade in order to fortify
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surround
History
Etymology
From French estocade, equivalent to stock + -ade.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
огра́да от колове
(ográda ot kolove)
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Chinese Mandarin:
柵欄 /栅栏
(zhàlan)
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Chinese Mandarin:
圍欄 /围栏
(wéilán)
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Czech:
palisáda
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Czech:
kůlová ohrada
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Czech:
hradba z kůlů
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Dutch:
palissade
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Finnish:
paalulinnake
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Galician:
estacada
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
German:
Einfriedung aus Palisaden
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
German:
Palisadeneinfriedung
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
German:
Palisadenmauer
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
German:
Palisade
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Hindi:
कटघरा
(kaṭgharā)
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Hindi:
कटघरे
(kaṭghare)
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Hindi:
बाड़ा
(bāṛā)
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Hindi:
बाड़े
(bāṛe)
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Irish:
sonnach
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Irish:
bábhún
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Irish:
pailis
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Italian:
enclave protetta da palizzata
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Italian:
palizzata
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Māori:
takitaki
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Māori:
rāihe
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Māori:
pā tūwatawata
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Russian:
частоко́л
(častokól)
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Russian:
палиса́д
(palisád)
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Serbo-Croatian:
palisada
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Spanish:
estacada
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Spanish:
empalizada
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Spanish:
palizada
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Spanish:
vallada
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Swedish:
palissad
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Swedish:
pålverk
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Tagalog:
pimpin
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Turkish:
şarampol
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Ottoman Turkish:
شرانپول
(şarampol)
— an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
Armenian:
հաուպտվախտա
(hauptvaxta)
— a military prison (colloquial)
Belarusian:
гаўптва́хта
(hawptváxta)
— a military prison (colloquial)
Bulgarian:
ка́рцер
(kárcer)
— a military prison (colloquial)
Chinese Mandarin:
禁閉室 /禁闭室
(jìnbì shì)
— a military prison (colloquial)
Finnish:
putka
— a military prison (colloquial)
Georgian:
ჰაუპტვახტი
(hauṗṭvaxṭi)
— a military prison (colloquial)
Hindi:
कटघरा
(kaṭgharā)
— a military prison (colloquial)
Hindi:
कटघरे
(kaṭghare)
— a military prison (colloquial)
Hindi:
बाड़ा
(bāṛā)
— a military prison (colloquial)
Hindi:
बाड़े
(bāṛe)
— a military prison (colloquial)
Italian:
prigione militare
— a military prison (colloquial)
Italian:
prigione
— a military prison (colloquial)
Kazakh:
гауптвахта
(gauptvaxta)
— a military prison (colloquial)
Kyrgyz:
гауптвахта
(gauptvahta)
— a military prison (colloquial)
Norwegian Bokmål:
kakebu
— a military prison (colloquial)
Norwegian Bokmål:
vaktarrest
— a military prison (colloquial)
Russian:
гауптва́хта
(gauptváxta)
— a military prison (colloquial)
Russian:
губа́
(gubá)
— a military prison (colloquial)
Tajik:
ҳауптвахта
(hauptvaxta)
— a military prison (colloquial)
Ukrainian:
гауптва́хта
(hauptváxta)
— a military prison (colloquial)
Uzbek:
gauptvaxta
— a military prison (colloquial)
