stock

1. (verb) have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"
Synonyms: carry, stockpile
Related Words: have, have got, hold

2. (verb) provide or furnish with a stock of something; "stock the larder with meat"
Related Words: furnish, plant, provide, render, restock, supply

3. (verb) stock up on to keep for future use or sale; "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low"
Synonyms: buy in
Related Words: furnish, overstock, provide, render, supply, understock

4. (satellite adjective) routine; "a stock answer"

5. (noun) the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"
Synonyms: inventory
Related Words: merchandise, product, wares

6. (noun) the handle end of some implements or tools; "he grabbed the cue by the stock"
Related Words: bitstock, brace, butt, butt end, grip, handgrip, handle, hold

7. (noun) 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; "the rifle had been fitted with a special stock"
Synonyms: gunstock
Related Words: grip, handgrip, handle, hold, pistol grip, support

8. (noun) wood used in the construction of something; "they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter"
Related Words: lumber, timber

9. (noun) any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
Synonyms: gillyflower
Related Words: Matthiola incana, brompton stock, flower

10. (noun) a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
Related Words: plant part, rootstock

11. (noun) persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
Synonyms: caudex
Related Words: stalk, stem

12. (noun) the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to partial ownership; "he owns a controlling share of the company's stock"
Related Words: authorized shares, authorized stock, capital, capital stock, common shares, common stock, common stock equivalent, control stock, float, growth stock, hot issue, hot stock, no-par stock, no-par-value stock, ordinary shares, preference shares, preferred shares, preferred stock, quarter stock, reacquired stock, treasury shares, treasury stock, voting stock, watered stock, working capital

13. (noun) the reputation and popularity a person has; "his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor"
Related Words: reputation, repute

14. (noun) not used technically; any animals kept for use or profit
Synonyms: farm animal, livestock
Related Words: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal

15. (satellite adjective) regularly and widely used or sold; "a standard size"; "a stock item"
Synonyms: standard

16. (noun) an ornamental white cravat
Synonyms: neckcloth
Related Words: cravat

17. (noun) liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces; "she made gravy with a base of beef stock"
Synonyms: broth
Related Words: beef broth, beef stock, chicken broth, chicken stock, liquor, pot liquor, soup, stock cube

18. (noun) any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
Synonyms: Malcolm stock
Related Words: flower

19. (noun) a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
Synonyms: fund, store
Related Words: accumulation, cache, hoard, provisions, seed stock, stash, stores, supplies

20. (noun) a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation; "the value of his stocks doubled during the past year"
Synonyms: stock certificate
Related Words: certificate, security, share

21. (noun) a special kind of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new variety of sheep"
Synonyms: breed, strain, variety
Related Words: animal group, bloodstock, pedigree

22. (satellite adjective) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
Synonyms: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn

23. (noun) the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree
Related Words: breed, family, family line, family tree, folk, genealogy, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, side



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