stock — meaning in English

English meaning

• log noun A section of a tree trunk, especially one cleared of branches, used for timber or fuel.
• stocks noun A historical wooden device with holes for the hands and feet, used to publicly restrain and punish offenders.

Senses

stock is used for these senses in English:

• stocks (plurale tantum) A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.

log — full definition

1. noun A section of a tree trunk, especially one cleared of branches, used for timber or fuel.
2. noun A written record of events, especially a ship's or aircraft's progress, or of computer activity.
3. verb To cut down trees, especially commercially.
4. verb To record something in writing or in a system.

stocks — full definition

1. noun A historical wooden device with holes for the hands and feet, used to publicly restrain and punish offenders.
2. noun Shares of ownership in companies, considered collectively as an investment category.

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