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stockwork

stockwork noun: a system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories.

Noun

stockwork (plural stockworks)

  1. A system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories.
  2. A metalliferous deposit characterized by the impregnation of the mass of rock with many small veins or nests irregularly grouped, especially common with tin ore.

Forms of stockwork

pluralstockworks

Origin of stockwork

German Stockwerk.

Questions about stockwork

What does stockwork mean?
Stockwork means a system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories.
What part of speech is stockwork?
Stockwork is a noun.
What is the plural of stockwork?
The plural of stockwork is stockworks.

Words near stockwork in the dictionary

  1. stockwhipping
  2. stockwhips
  3. stockwoman
  4. stockwomen
  5. Stockwood
  6. stockwork
  7. stockworker
  8. stockworkers
  9. stockworks
  10. stocky
  11. stockyard

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