stockwork

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noun

A system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories.

OriginGerman Stockwerk →
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Meanings

nounstockwork (plural stockworks)

plural stockworks

  1. businessA system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories.
  2. geographyA metalliferous deposit characterized by the impregnation of the mass of rock with many small veins or nests irregularly grouped, especially common with tin ore.

Origin

  1. GermanStockwerk
  2. Englishstockwork

German Stockwerk.

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APA

stockwork. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stockwork

MLA

“stockwork.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stockwork. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stockwork,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stockwork.

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