stockpile

[ stok-pahyl ]

/ ˈstɒkˌpaɪl /

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noun

a supply of material, as a pile of gravel in road maintenance.

a large supply of some metal, chemical, food, etc., gathered and held in reserve for use during a shortage or during a period of higher prices.

a quantity, as of munitions or weapons, accumulated for possible future use.

verb (used with object), stock·piled, stock·pil·ing.

to accumulate (material, goods, or the like) for future use; put or store in a stockpile.

verb (used without object), stock·piled, stock·pil·ing.

to accumulate in a stockpile.

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Origin of stockpile

First recorded in 1915–20; stock + pile¹

OTHER WORDS FROM stockpile

stockpiler, noun

Words nearby stockpile

stock market, stock option, stock options, stockout, stockowner, stockpile, Stockport, stockpot, stock power, stock raising, stockrider

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How to use stockpile in a sentence

This allowed Houghton and his team to develop a blood test to identify infected blood and remove it from transfusion stockpiles.
Scientists Win Nobel Prize for Discovering the Hepatitis C Virus|Jordana Cepelewicz|October 5, 2020|Quanta Magazine
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe began a government push to triple the stockpile of Avigan in April, allocating almost $130 million to do so, even before clinical studies of the drug’s efficacy had produced results.
Fujifilm seeks government approval for a COVID-19 treatment that is said to speed up recovery|Naomi Xu Elegant|September 23, 2020|Fortune
Under the ship-and-pray model, insuring vaccine stockpiles in developing countries is prohibitively expensive because underwriters are flying blind.
Once a COVID-19 vaccine is discovered, the hard part begins|jakemeth|September 17, 2020|Fortune
Since most people don’t have a personal stockpile of surgical masks, many have gotten creative, fashioning masks from T-shirts, bandanas or neck gaiters.
4 reasons you shouldn’t trash your neck gaiter based on the new mask study|Jonathan Lambert|August 12, 2020|Science News

It means looking at stockpiles, not only at national basis, regional, state-level basis.
Will Covid-19 Spark a Cold War (or Worse) With China? (Ep. 414)|Stephen J. Dubner|April 23, 2020|Freakonomics
Importantly, as part of the interim plan, Iran has diluted or converted its stockpile of 20 percent enriched uranium.
Iran Nuke Deal: A Matter of War or Peace|Christopher Dickey|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And its military destroyed a large portion of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile.
Politics End In Halifax As Democratic and GOP Senators Seek Common Ground on National Security|Tim Mak|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We have a stockpile of RD-180s and AJ26s that will last two years.
Why Does the USA Depend on Russian Rockets to Get Us Into Space?|P. J. O’Rourke|June 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They buried a stockpile of rifles and machine guns on a slope just above the building that was to house the inmates.
Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens|Jeff Campagna|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A bit of advice for Republican establishment types: Stockpile your Valium for March 2016.
Did the RNC Just Set the Table for Rand Paul?|David Freedlander|May 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A stockpile of the younger generation, specially educated; a stockpile of the older generation, carefully selected.
This Crowded Earth|Robert Bloch
They knew there'd be a need of individuality then—and they did create a stockpile.
This Crowded Earth|Robert Bloch
Next, this Government is in the storage and stockpile business to the melancholy tune of more than $16 billion.
Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006|Various
So far, the stockpile is big enough for about a week and a half of real cold.
The Year When Stardust Fell|Raymond F. Jones
And they've got a stockpile of ionic bombs ready at all times in case we get out of hand.
Dead World|Jack Douglas

British Dictionary definitions for stockpile

stockpile

/ (ˈstɒkˌpaɪl) /

verb

to acquire and store a large quantity of (something)

noun

a large store or supply accumulated for future use

Derived forms of stockpile

stockpiler, noun

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