stocks
See also: Stocks
English
Pronunciation
Noun
stocks
- plural of stock
Noun
stocks
- (plural only) A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.
- 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 54:
- Opposite the almshouses is the bow-fronted post office and shop, while near by, beneath the trees on the green, is the old whipping post and stocks, the latter pierced by five holes.
- (nautical, plural only) The frame upon which a ship is built, and from which it is launched.
Translations
device for public humiliation and punishment
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base for building a ship
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Verb
stocks
- third-person singular simple present indicative of stock
Further reading
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Noun
stocks
- plural of stock
French
Noun
stocks m
- plural of stock
Spanish
Noun
stocks
- plural of stock
Swedish
Noun
stocks
- indefinite genitive singular of stock