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stockade

/ˌstɒˈkeɪd/US/ˌstɑˈkeɪd/

stockade noun: an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts.

stockade: an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
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Noun

stockade (plural stockades)

  1. An enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts.
  2. (colloquial) A military prison.

Verb

stockade (third-person singular simple present stockades, present participle stockading, simple past and past participle stockaded)

  1. (transitive) To enclose in a stockade.

stockade meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

stockade in Hindi

an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
कटघरा kaṭgharā, कटघरे kaṭghare, बाड़ा bāṛā, बाड़े bāṛe
a military prison (colloquial)
कटघरा kaṭgharā, कटघरे kaṭghare, बाड़ा bāṛā, बाड़े bāṛe

stockade in Tamil

மரக் கம்பங்கள், துண்டுகள் கொண்டு அமைக்கப்பட்ட வேலி, பாதுகாப்பு அமைப்பு, மரக்கட்டைவேலி, கோம்பை, பட்டி

stockade in Bengali

কাঠের বেষ্টনী, কয়েদখানা

stockade in Kannada

ದಸಿಗೋಡೆ, ದಸಿಬೇಲಿ, ಕಾಪುಗೋಡೆ
More languagesFewer languages
stockade in Gujarati
લક્કડકોટ lakkaḍkoṭ
stockade in Assamese
গড় gor
stockade in Tagalog
pimpin

Forms of stockade

Noun
pluralstockades
Verb
third-person singular presentstockades
present participlestockading
past participlestockaded
paststockaded

Plural of stockade: stockades

Origin of stockade

From French estocade, equivalent to stock + -ade.

Words that rhyme with stockade

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Questions about stockade

What does stockade mean?
Stockade means an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts.
What is stockade in Hindi?
Stockade in Hindi is कटघरा (kaṭgharā), कटघरे (kaṭghare), बाड़ा (bāṛā). See Stockade meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is stockade?
Stockade can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce stockade?
Stockade is pronounced /ˌstɒˈkeɪd/ (UK).
What is the plural of stockade?
The plural of stockade is stockades.

Words near stockade in the dictionary

  1. stock-ticker symbol
  2. stock-ticker symbols
  3. stock-up
  4. stock-ups
  5. stockable
  6. stockade
  7. stockaded
  8. stockades
  9. stockading
  10. stockado
  11. stockadoes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: stockade (page history and authors); stockade (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stockade (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stockade (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); લક્કડકોટ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); গড় (Assamese) (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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