stocks

See also: Stocks

English

The old village stocks in Chapeltown, Lancashire, England.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /stɒks/
• (US) IPA^(key): /stɑks/
• Rhymes: -ɒks

Noun

stocks

1. plural of stock

Noun

stocks

1. (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.

2. (nautical, plural only) The frame upon which a ship is built, and from which it is launched.

Translations

device for public humiliation and punishment

• Armenian: կոճղ (hy) (kočġ)
• Danish: gabestok c
• Dutch: schandpaal (nl) m, kaak (nl) f
• Finnish: jalkapuu (fi)
• French: pilori (fr)
• German: Schandpfahl (de) m, Pranger (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: κύφων m (kúphōn)

• Irish: branraí m pl
• Latin: patibulum n, tendus
• Macedonian: тумрук m (tumruk)
• Polish: dyby (pl) f pl
• Portuguese: tronco (pt)
• Romanian: butuc (ro) m
• Russian: коло́дки (ru) f pl (kolódki)
• Spanish: cepo (es) m, picota (es) f
• Swedish: stock (sv) c
• Tagalog: kulma (tl)

base for building a ship

• Danish: bedding c, stabel c
• German: Stapel (de) m
• Greek: σκαρί (el) n (skarí)
• Swedish: stapel (sv) c, stapelbädd (sv) c

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• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} סד (he) (sad)

Verb

stocks

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stock

Further reading

• stocks on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

stocks

1. plural of stock

French

Noun

stocks m

1. plural of stock

Spanish

Noun

stocks

1. plural of stock

Swedish

Noun

stocks

1. indefinite genitive singular of stock