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How to pronounce stocking in English?

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Type Words
Type of hosiery, hose
Has types nylon stocking, nylons, support stocking, christmas stocking, knee-hi, knee-high, rayon stocking, rayons, silk stocking, support hose, boothose
Type Words
Type of provision, supplying, supply
Derivation stock


he supervised the stocking of the stream with trout.

Examples of stocking

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The guests each gave her a bottle of wine as a gift, stocking their wine cellar.
From the democratandchronicle.com
The city government has also been stocking emergency supplies of food and water.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is stocking trout in select fisheries.
From the post-gazette.com
Class A protection, which is based on density of wild trout, precludes stocking.
From the post-gazette.com
By noon, Strom had bought an ipod cable and a book for her boyfriend's stocking.
From the ocregister.com
You can take some of the guesswork out of stocking your emergency food supplies.
From the heraldtribune.com
This Mario Christmas stocking reminds me of a Leonardo one I had as a youngster.
From the techcrunch.com
It's at zero bids, but it would make a great stocking stuffer for, well, nobody.
From the techcrunch.com
And be sure to give her a chock-full stocking so she can still enjoy some gifts.
From the freep.com
More examples
  • Close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)
  • The activity of supplying a stock of something; "he supervised the stocking of the stream with trout"
  • (stocked) furnished with more than enough; "rivers well stocked with fish"; "a well-stocked store"
  • A stocking, sometimes referred to as hose, is a close-fitting, variously elastic garment covering the foot and lower part of the leg. Stockings vary in color, design and transparency. ...
  • In forestry, stocking (or stand density), is a quantitative measure of the area occupied by trees, usually measured in terms of well-spaced trees or basal area per hectare, relative to an optimum or desired level of density . ...
  • A soft garment worn on the foot and lower leg, usually knit or woven, worn under shoes or other footwear; Something like or suggesting such a garment; To dress in stockings
  • (stockings) When a horse has white legs below the knees.
  • (Stockings) White markings from the hock to the hoof.
  • (Stockings) Hosiery styled from above the knee or mid-thigh to toe.