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Uncommonstocking
The correct spelling is stocking.
How to pronounce stocking
/ˈstɒkɪŋ/
nounIPA: /ˈstɒkɪŋ/
Say it like: Sto-kin-g
The correct spelling is stocking. A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear. For example: "a pair of stockings"
Usage Examples
“a pair of stockings”
“The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.”
“to stock a farm, i.e. to supply it with cattle and tools”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear.
- 2.A broad ring of a different fur colour on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped.
- 3.A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.
- 4.A ratio of the actual density of trees in an area to the ideal density that would make the fullest use of the land.
verb
- 1.To have on hand for sale.
- 2.To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
- 3.To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
- 4.To put in the stocks as punishment.
- 5.To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
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