stocks

1. 1.

   a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction

   Broaderframework

   plural

2. 2.

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

   Broaderframework

   plural

3. 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

   Broaderinstrument of punishment

   plural

Other forms of stocks

plural

stockses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about stocks

What does stocks mean?

stocks means "a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stocks?

stocks has 1 syllable: stocks. In IPA it is /ˈstɑks/.

Is stocks a common word?

stocks is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.