word-stock

See also: wordstock

English

Alternative forms

• wordstock

Etymology

Compound of word +‎ stock, probably influenced by e.g. German Wortschatz, Danish ordforråd.

Noun

word-stock (plural word-stocks)

1. (linguistics, puristic) The vocabulary (set of words) of a language.

   Synonyms: word-hoard, lexicon

Translations

vocabulary — see vocabulary