How to pronounce stock
American English pronunciation
STOK
- IPA
- /ˈstɑk/
- Syllables
- STOK (1 syllable)
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What stock means
Most people know stock in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A broth made by simmering bones or vegetables
In a sentence: Dad simmered chicken bones all afternoon to make a pot of stock for the soup.
Where it comes from: It is the same word as stock, a supply, which goes back to an Old English word for a tree trunk. Soup stock is the base that other dishes grow from.
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