stocking

Pluralstockings

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A soft piece of clothing that covers your foot and lower leg, worn under shoes.

   Like a long sock that reaches up your leg.

   She pulled a thick wool stocking over her cold foot.

   One of his silk stockings had a small tear near the heel.

   Similarnylons, hose

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   A large sock-shaped bag that you hang up to hold small Christmas gifts.

   Like a big sock used as a gift bag at Christmas.

   Each child hung a stocking by the fireplace on Christmas Eve.

   She filled the stocking with candy and small toys.

3. 3
   verb

   Present participle of stock. Use this form when filling shelves or supplies is happening right now.

   The clerk is stocking the shelves with fresh produce.

   Stocking the pantry before winter takes a whole afternoon.

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   A band of fur in a different color around the lower leg of an animal.

   Like a white sock of fur on the animal's leg.

   The brown horse had a white stocking on its back leg.

   Each pony in the field had a neat stocking above one hoof.

5. 5
   noununcountable

   A measure of how many trees grow in an area compared to the best number for that land.

   Like comparing how full a parking lot is to how many cars it could hold.

   The forester said the stocking on that hillside was too low.

   Good stocking means the land grows as much timber as it can.

   Similardensity

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6. 6
   nouncountable

   A knitted cotton hood that is treated to become the glowing part of a gas lamp.

   Like a little knitted cap that becomes the bright glowing part of a lamp.

   The factory knitted each stocking before soaking it in chemicals.

   A finished stocking turned into a glowing mantle once the cotton burned away.

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