noun

stockpile

STOK-pyl

noun

A large stored supply of something kept for future use.

"The government maintains a stockpile of emergency food supplies."

"Several nations reduced their nuclear stockpiles after the treaty."

verb

To gradually build up a large supply of something.

"People began stockpiling canned goods before the storm hit."

How to Use Stockpile

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA large reserve of something saved up for later, or the act of building one up.

Common pairings

stockpile supplies a weapons stockpile stockpile food

stockpiled past tense, stockpiles plural, stockpiles singular

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The government maintains a _____ of emergency food supplies.

A compound of "stock" (supply) and "pile" (a heap).

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