Fancy circles marry off stock holder (8)
I believe the answer is:
farmyard
'stock holder' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'fancy circles marry off' is the wordplay.
'fancy' becomes 'fad' (I've seen this in other clues).
'circles' indicates putting letters inside.
'off' is an anagram indicator.
'marry' with letters rearranged gives 'rmyar'.
'fad' going around 'rmyar' is 'FARMYARD'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for farmyard that I've seen before include "Rural enclosure" , "Central part of agricultural unit" , "Agricultural enclosure" , "Fry drama (anag)" , "Marry fad (anag)" .)