STOCKS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stocks mean? 

• STOCKS (noun)
  The noun STOCKS has 3 senses:

1. a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction

2. a frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod

3. a former instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes in which the feet (and sometimes the hands) of an offender could be locked

  Familiarity information: STOCKS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STOCKS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A frame that supports a boat while it is under construction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("stocks" is a kind of...):

frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("stocks" is a kind of...):

frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A former instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes in which the feet (and sometimes the hands) of an offender could be locked

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("stocks" is a kind of...):

instrument of punishment (an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

 Context examples 

"Tell her she shall be put in the stocks if she does not take herself off," replied the magistrate.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The new repository will store plant, animal and microorganism stocks at the Embrapa Genetic Resources & Biotechnology unit in Brasília for the chief purpose of ensuring food security.

(LatAm's largest gene bank unveiled in Brasília, Agência BRASIL)

You might also look at your investments to see how your stocks and bonds are performing and make any adjustments that you feel are necessary.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Derived by Strong (1921) from a cross between the Cold Spring harbor and Bagg Albino stocks.

(A/J Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)

Derived from albino mice stocks originally disseminated by Bagg (1913) to Snell in 1932 that has an albino coat with genotype A,b,c.

(BALB/c Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)

Derived by Little (1921) from A Lathrop stocks and separated out before 1937, the C57BL/6 mouse has a black coat and is one of the most widely used inbred strains.

(C57BL/6 Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)

Derived by Little (1921) from A Lathrop stocks and separated out before 1937.

(C57BL/10 Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)

What are my agony and indignation next day, when I hear a flying rumour that the Misses Nettingall have stood Miss Shepherd in the stocks for turning in her toes!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

We beat at them with the stocks of our guns, but there was nothing solid or vulnerable to strike.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Charles River Laboratories currently disseminates gerbils for scientific research from stocks initially derived at Tumblebrook Farms (1995).

(Mongolian Gerbil, NCI Thesaurus)