name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
stocks
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /stɒks/
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US: /stɑks/
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rhymes with -ɒks
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CMU ARPABET: S T AA1 K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
plural of stock
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Meaning 3
A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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noun
Meaning 4
The frame upon which a ship is built, and from which it is launched.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Topics: nautical, transport
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verb
Meaning 5
third-person singular simple present indicative of stock
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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noun
Meaning 6
a former instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes in which the feet (and sometimes the hands) of an offender could be locked
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: instrument of punishment
noun
Meaning 7
a frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: framework
noun
Meaning 8
a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: framework
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: կոճղ (kočġ) — device for public humiliation and punishment
- Danish: gabestok — device for public humiliation and punishment
- Dutch: schandpaal — device for public humiliation and punishment
- Dutch: kaak — device for public humiliation and punishment
- Finnish: jalkapuu — device for public humiliation and punishment
- French: pilori — device for public humiliation and punishment
- German: Schandpfahl — device for public humiliation and punishment
- German: Pranger — device for public humiliation and punishment
- Ancient Greek: κῡ́φων (kū́phōn) — device for public humiliation and punishment
- Irish: branraí — device for public humiliation and punishment
- Latin: patibulum — device for public humiliation and punishment
- Latin: tendus — device for public humiliation and punishment
- Macedonian: тумрук (tumruk) — device for public humiliation and punishment
- Polish: dyby — device for public humiliation and punishment
- Portuguese: tronco — device for public humiliation and punishment
- Romanian: butuc — device for public humiliation and punishment
- Russian: коло́дки (kolódki) — device for public humiliation and punishment
- Spanish: cepo — device for public humiliation and punishment
- Spanish: picota — device for public humiliation and punishment
- Swedish: stock — device for public humiliation and punishment
- Tagalog: kulma — device for public humiliation and punishment
- Danish: bedding — base for building a ship
- Danish: stabel — base for building a ship
- German: Stapel — base for building a ship
- Greek: σκαρί (skarí) — base for building a ship
- Polish: zasoby — base for building a ship
- Swedish: stapel — base for building a ship
- Swedish: stapelbädd — base for building a ship
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