restock

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verb

To stock again; to resupply with a stock of goods.

“We will carry out a restock of the vending machine every Friday.”

OriginEnglish stock ← Middle English stok ← Old English stocc →
Less commonScrabble 13
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Meanings

verbrestock (third-person singular simple present restocks, present participle restocking, simple past and past participle restocked)

present singular third person restocks · participle present restocking · participle past restocked · past restocked

  1. To stock again; to resupply with a stock of goods.
nounrestock (plural restocks)

plural restocks

  1. The act of stocking again.

    We will carry out a restock of the vending machine every Friday.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-
  7. Proto-Germanic*stikaną
  8. Proto-Germanic*stukkaz
  9. Proto-West Germanic*stokk
  10. Old Englishstocc
  11. Middle Englishstok
  12. Englishstock
  13. Englishrestock

From re- + stock.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

stockerRosteck
Cite this entry
APA

restock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restock

MLA

“restock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restock. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “restock,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restock.

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