GUNSTOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gunstock mean? 

• GUNSTOCK (noun)
  The noun GUNSTOCK has 1 sense:

1. the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun

  Familiarity information: GUNSTOCK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUNSTOCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gunstock; stock

Context example:

the rifle had been fitted with a special stock

Hypernyms ("gunstock" is a kind of...):

grip; handgrip; handle; hold (the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it)

support (any device that bears the weight of another thing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gunstock"):

pistol grip (a handle (as of a gun or saw) shaped like the butt of a pistol)

Holonyms ("gunstock" is a part of...):

artillery; gun; heavy weapon; ordnance (large but transportable armament)

gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))

machine gun (a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted))

handgun; pistol; shooting iron; side arm (a firearm that is held and fired with one hand)