English noun: stocking |
1. | stocking (artifact) close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural) |
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| Broader (hypernym) | hose, hosiery |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | boothose, Christmas stocking, knee-hi, knee-high, nylon stocking, nylons, rayon stocking, rayons, silk stocking, support hose, support stocking |
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| Part holonym | instep |
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| Part meronym | pantyhose |
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| Domain usage | plural, plural form |
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2. | stocking (act) the activity of supplying a stock of something |
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| Samples | He supervised the stocking of the stream with trout.
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| Broader (hypernym) | provision, supply, supplying |
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