Unstock
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Unstock is a verb meaning (transitive) To remove the stock (store or supply) from; to empty of goods.
Meaning
(transitive) To remove the stock (store or supply) from; to empty of goods.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To remove the stock (block or support) from; to release from that which fixes in place.
- (transitive) To remove (a ship etc.) from the stocks.
- (figurative) To free up or release.
- Not ordinary, basic, or cliché; atypical.
Example Sentences
Directed the master to unstock one of the anchors and store it below .
Since I had to unstock the fridge and grab the prezzies from under the tree I agreed at meeting him at mums' house.
She has an apartment in the Mile High City with a well-stocked bar, and by then I'll really be in the mood to help her unstock it .
No doubt they answer admirably the purpose of stocking a Museum; but they unstock the world – and that is a terrible consideration.
Word Forms
- unstocks
- unstocking
- unstocked
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include understock, destock, unstuff, unstow, unstack, destash.
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