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word-stock

word-stock is the alternative spelling of wordstock.

Meaning of wordstock

Noun

wordstock (plural wordstocks)

  1. The vocabulary (set of words) of a language.
    • Among the English words that were added to the Hungarian wordstock at the beginning of the twentieth century, we find many associated with sports, entertainment, fashion, high life[…]1978, Iván Boldizsár, The New Hungarian Quarterly, volume 19, numbers 69-70
    Synonyms:
    wordhoard, lexicon

Forms of word-stock

pluralword-stocks

Questions about word-stock

What is word-stock the alternative spelling of?
Word-stock is the alternative spelling of wordstock.

Words near word-stock in the dictionary

  1. word-salads
  2. word-search
  3. word-searches
  4. word-spelling alphabet
  5. word-spelling alphabets
  6. word-stock
  7. word-stocks
  8. word-wheeling
  9. wordable
  10. wordage
  11. wordages

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