stocks

Speech parts

1. stocks - Noun

2. stocks - Verb

3. Stocks - Proper noun

Meaning

stocks

plural of stock

(plural only) A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.

(nautical, plural only) The frame upon which a ship is built, and from which it is launched.

stocks

third-person singular simple present indicative of stock

Stocks

A surname.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

haft inventory broth caudex funds goods livestock stockpile bloodline pillory farm animal gunstock cucking stool reserves peoples

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Hypernyms

framework instrument of punishment

Phrases with the word

build up stocks blue chip stocks lubricating oil base stocks root stocks depletion of fish stocks bluefin tuna stocks

Examples

October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February. Mark Twain

If only the human body could handle trauma as well as biotechnology stocks do. Alex Berenson

Buy a business, don't rent stocks. Warren Buffett

Both legs in the stocks or only one, 'tis all the same. German Proverb

Heaps of good cotton stocks get chopped up from association with the weeds. African American Proverb

Judge not of a ship as she lies on the stocks. Arabic Proverb

Close letter words and terms

stockproof stockrider stockroom Stocksbridge Stocksfield Stocksmoor