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 stock assets inventory broth caudex goods funds livestock stockpile trebuchet bloodline pillory farm animal gunstock
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Hypernyms

frame framework instrument of punishment

Phrases with the word

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