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restocking

restocking is the present participle and gerund of restock.

Meaning of restock

Verb

restock (third-person singular simple present restocks, present participle restocking, simple past and past participle restocked)

  1. To stock again; to resupply with a stock of goods.

See all 2 meanings of restock

Noun

restocking (plural restockings)

  1. An act of replenishing stock.
    • The new product sold so rapidly that the shelves needed two restockings in a day.
    • The latter three gave their presidential addresses on matters railway, with Gresley covering the LNER's streamlined trains, Stanier the restocking of the LMSR's motive power ranks, and Bulleid on his 'Merchant Navy' locomotives.2019 November 20, Philip Haigh, “A prestigious institution”, in Rail, page 69

Forms of restocking

pluralrestockings

Questions about restocking

What does restocking mean?
Restocking means an act of replenishing stock.
What is restocking the present participle and gerund of?
Restocking is the present participle and gerund of restock.
What part of speech is restocking?
Restocking is a noun.
What is the plural of restocking?
The plural of restocking is restockings.

Words near restocking in the dictionary

  1. restobars
  2. restock
  3. restocked
  4. restocker
  5. restockers
  6. restocking
  7. restockings
  8. restockpile
  9. restockpiled
  10. restockpiles
  11. restockpiling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: restocking (page history and authors); restock (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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