stock

• (s) 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"
  banal, hackneyed, old-hat, threadbare, timeworn, trite, shopworn, tired, well-worn, commonplace,
• (s) routine
  • a stock answer
• (s) regularly and widely used or sold
  • a standard size
  • a stock item
  standard,

Nouns

• (n) the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)
  • he owns a controlling share of the company's stock
• (n) the merchandise that a shop has on hand
  • they carried a vast inventory of hardware
  • they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory
  inventory,
• (n) 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
  gunstock,
• (n) a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation
  • the value of his stocks doubled during the past year
  stock certificate,
• (n) a supply of something available for future use
  • he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars
  fund, store,
• (n) the descendants of one individual
  • his entire lineage has been warriors
  ancestry, bloodline, blood line, lineage, pedigree, line of descent, stemma, parentage, blood, descent, origin, line,
• (n) a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
  • he experimented on a particular breed of white rats
  • he created a new strain of sheep
  breed, strain,
• (n) 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
  broth,
• (n) the reputation and popularity a person has
  • his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor
• (n) persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant caudex,
• (n) a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
• (n) any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers gillyflower,
• (n) any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia Malcolm stock,
• (n) lumber used in the construction of something
  • they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter
• (n) the handle end of some implements or tools
  • he grabbed the cue by the stock
• (n) an ornamental white cravat neckcloth,
• (n) any animals kept for use or profit farm animal, livestock,

Verbs

• (v) have on hand
  • Do you carry kerosene heaters?
  stockpile, carry,
• (v) equip with a stock
  • stock a rifle
• (v) supply with fish
  • stock a lake
• (v) supply with livestock
  • stock a farm
• (v) amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use
  • let's stock coffee as long as prices are low
  buy in, stock up,
• (v) provide or furnish with a stock of something
  • stock the larder with meat
• (v) put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
  • the plant sprouted early this year
  sprout,

Synonyms

Words of close approximity