Definitions
How to pronounce stock:
Stock - as a noun
The capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)
Example: "He owns a controlling share of the company's stock"
The merchandise that a shop has on hand
Example: "They carried a vast inventory of hardware"
The handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun
Example: "The rifle had been fitted with a special stock"
A certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation
Example: "The value of his stocks doubled during the past year"
A supply of something available for future use
Example: "He brought back a large store of cuban cigars"
The hereditary derivation of an individual
Example: "His entire lineage has been warriors"
- ancestry
- blood
- blood line
- bloodline
- descent
- line
- line of descent
- lineage
- origin
- parentage
- pedigree
- stemma
A special variety of domesticated animals within a species
Example: "He experimented on a particular breed of white rats"
Liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces
Example: "She made gravy with a base of beef stock"
The reputation and popularity a person has
Example: "His stock was so high he could have been elected mayor"
A plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
Any of several old world plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
Any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus malcolmia
Lumber used in the construction of something
Example: "They will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter"
The handle end of some implements or tools
Example: "He grabbed the cue by the stock"
Any animals kept for use or profit
Stock - as an adjective satellite
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Example: "His remarks were trite and commonplace"
Routine
Example: "A stock answer"
Stock - as a verb
Equip with a stock
Example: "Stock a rifle"
Supply with fish
Example: "Stock a lake"
Supply with livestock
Example: "Stock a farm"
Amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use
Example: "Let's stock coffee as long as prices are low"
Provide or furnish with a stock of something
Example: "Stock the larder with meat"
Put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
Example: "The plant sprouted early this year"
Stock - as an adjective
Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
Example: "Stock items"
(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.
Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.
Example: "He gave me a stock answer"
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
STOCK has a SCRABBLE points total of 11.
STOCK has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 12.
STOCK has a WORDFEUD points total of 12.
