EGAVE

stockpile

About 0.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A supply (especially a large one) of something kept for future use, specifically in case the cost of the item increases or if there a shortage. A supply of nuclear weapons kept by a country; a nuclear stockpile.
  2. noun A supply of nuclear weapons kept by a country; a nuclear stockpile.
  3. noun A pile of coal or ore heaped up on the ground after it has been mined.
  4. verb To accumulate or build up a supply of (something). To build up a stock of (nuclear weapons). To heap up piles of (coal or ore) on the ground after it has been mined.
  5. verb To accumulate or build up a supply of (something). To build up a stock of (nuclear weapons).
  6. verb To build up a stock of (nuclear weapons).
  7. verb To heap up piles of (coal or ore) on the ground after it has been mined.
  8. verb To build up a supply; to accumulate.

Similar words

stock carry reserve backlog hoard storage storing stash store supply

Often followed by

of and is in to was the stewardship for

Word family

stockpiled stockpiler stockpilers stockpiles stockpiling

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