stocks
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8.6
- noun
- /stɑks/
- Specialized
:
grúa
- The shipwright used the stocks to hold the hull securely while it was being fitted.
Examples
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While constructing the new ship, they placed it in the stocks to ensure stability.
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The workers built the stocks to support the boat during repairs.
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The UN Fish Stocks Agreement:
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Dot Com Stocks
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It is the first of its kind to be successfully negotiated on the basis of the 1995 UN Fish Stocks Agreement under UNCLOS.
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MAP: Rivers with the Healthiest Stocks of Wild Salmon and Steelhead in the Pacific Northwest
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On December 31, 1994, their findings were published in a report entitled "Healthy Native Stocks of Anadromous Salmonids in the Pacific Northwest and California."
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MY TECH STOCKS TRIPLED IN FIVE DAYS.
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Known formerly as the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, GEF assistance helped level the playing field among the Pacific islands as they negotiated the convention with respect to the interests of distant fishing nations.
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INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORKS, MIGRATORY FISH STOCKS AND MARINE CONSERVATION
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Synonyms
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A large dock that can be drained of water to build or fix the bottom of ships
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Surface Forms
Morphology
stocks = stock (transparent) = stock + s
Regular plural formation from the noun 'stock'; the meaning is the plural of the base noun.
Etymology
Stocks comes from an old English word stocc meaning 'tree trunk' or 'log', so picture heavy wooden posts. That's why stocks are the strong wooden frames that hold a boat while it is built or repaired.