stocks
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See also: Stocks
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English[edit]
The old village stocks in Chapeltown, Lancashire, England.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɒks
Noun[edit]
stocks
Noun[edit]
stocks
- (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.
Translations[edit]
device for public humiliation and punishment
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Verb[edit]
stocks
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stock
Further reading[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
stocks
- Plural form of stock
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
stocks m
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
stocks
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
stocks
- indefinite genitive singular of stock
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- English pluralia tantum
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