Definition of stock

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• stock is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 11
• stock is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 11
• stock is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12

Definition of stock

• 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 (noun)

  Examples

  1. the rifle had been fitted with a special stock

  Synonyms

  1. gunstock
• the merchandise that a shop has on hand (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. inventory
• persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. caudex
• any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. gillyflower
• repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a stock answer

  Synonyms

  1. banal
  2. commonplace
  3. hackneyed
  4. old-hat
  5. shopworn
  6. threadbare
  7. timeworn
  8. tired
  9. trite
  10. well-worn
• put forth and grow sprouts or shoots (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. sprout
• the descendants of one individual (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. ancestry
  2. blood
  3. blood line
  4. bloodline
  5. descent
  6. line
  7. line of descent
  8. lineage
  9. origin
  10. parentage
  11. pedigree
  12. stemma
• any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. malcolm stock
• a special variety of domesticated animals within a species (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. breed
  2. strain
• have on hand (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. carry
  2. stockpile
• a supply of something available for future use (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. fund
  2. store
• any animals kept for use or profit (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. farm animal
  2. livestock
• a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation (noun)

  Examples

  1. the value of his stocks doubled during the past year

  Synonyms

  1. stock certificate
• amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use (verb)

  Examples

  1. let's stock coffee as long as prices are low

  Synonyms

  1. buy in
  2. stock up
• regularly and widely used or sold (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a stock item

  Synonyms

  1. standard
• liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces (noun)

  Examples

  1. she made gravy with a base of beef stock

  Synonyms

  1. broth
• an ornamental white cravat (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. neckcloth
• a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants (noun)
• equip with a stock (verb)

  Examples

  1. stock a rifle
• lumber used in the construction of something (noun)

  Examples

  1. they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter
• provide or furnish with a stock of something (verb)

  Examples

  1. stock the larder with meat
• routine (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a stock answer
• supply with fish (verb)

  Examples

  1. stock a lake
• supply with livestock (verb)

  Examples

  1. stock a farm
• the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity) (noun)

  Examples

  1. he owns a controlling share of the company's stock
• the handle end of some implements or tools (noun)

  Examples

  1. he grabbed the cue by the stock
• the reputation and popularity a person has (noun)

  Examples

  1. his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor

See definition of stock in Merriam Webster