stockpile
noun
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L328545 on Wikidata ↗verb
- store
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈstɒkpaɪl/ / /ˈstɑkˌpaɪl/
noun
Etymology: The noun is derived from stock (“supply of anything ready for use”) + pile (“mass of things heaped together”). The verb is derived from the 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.
“Under the rice subsidy program, Yingluck [Shinawatra]'s administration paid farmers up to 50 percent more than market prices for their rice. The policy was popular with farmers but left Thailand with huge rice stockpiles and caused $8 billion in losses.”
- 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 pile of coal or ore heaped up on the ground after it has been mined.
verb
Etymology: The noun is derived from stock (“supply of anything ready for use”) + pile (“mass of things heaped together”). The verb is derived from the noun.
- To accumulate or build up a supply of (something).
“He stockpiled weapons and took pot shots in the air / He feasted on their lovely bodies like a lunatic”
“Shops' shelves were emptied on Friday as people began stockpiling food, with some unable to leave their homes due to the thigh-high snow.”
- To accumulate or build up a supply of (something).
- To heap up piles of (coal or ore) on the ground after it has been mined.
- To build up a supply; to accumulate.