adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
stocky build (= not very tall, but broad and strong )
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The man was described as of stocky build with dark hair.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
build
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He's in his late twenties, about five feet ten and of a stocky build .
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The missing man is about 5 feet 7 inches tall, about 170 pounds with a stocky build .
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Witnesses described the running man as about 5', of stocky build , and with an extremely florid complexion.
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A homely man of stocky build he sported an untidy moustache.
man
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Laszlo Polgar, who is 43, is a small, stocky man with a biblical beard.
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Marcus was usually silent: a stocky man with flat black hair and a private smile.
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Mertseger's father, the general in command of cavalry, was a stocky man like Huy.
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Bruce was a short, stocky man with red hair and a burning ambition.
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Emerging from its door were two stocky men and a youth.
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Habib Olahi, a stocky man , still stood at attention, his eyes fixed on the rich carpet.
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Ernest Dickerson is a big, stocky man with a soft, warm voice.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a blond, stocky boy
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Brandon's quite stocky really, isn't he?
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He's a big stocky bloke and he plays rugby.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Claire was the younger sister; square-jawed and stocky , the one with the head for business.
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He identified Davis as one of the people and described the other as a stocky woman with a ruddy complexion.
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He was a stocky , forty-year-old Londoner with a pale skin and crew-cut red hair.
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Shorter than Carver - five foot seven - he was heavily built with wide shoulders and stocky legs.
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That's the stocky figure of Malachi Horan going down the hill now.
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The missing man is about 5 feet 7 inches tall, about 170 pounds with a stocky build.
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The picture shows him as a stocky , almost rotund man.
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The sisters had similar features but Rachel was shorter and stockier.