stockpile

IPA: stˈɑkpaɪɫ

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.
  • (specifically, military, weaponry) A supply of nuclear weapons kept by a country; a nuclear stockpile.
  • (mining) A pile of coal or ore heaped up on the ground after it has been mined.

verb

  • (transitive)
  • To accumulate or build up a supply of (something).
  • (specifically, military, weaponry) To build up a stock of (nuclear weapons).
  • (mining) To heap up piles of (coal or ore) on the ground after it has been mined.
  • (intransitive) To build up a supply; to accumulate.
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Examples of "stockpile" in Sentences

  • I don't have any stockpile of food.
  • The current size of the stockpile is huge.
  • Stockpiles eliminated under the Convention.
  • Most of the stockpile disappeared afterwards.
  • Most of the nuclear stockpile was inherited by Russia.
  • Once loaded angle the slip back to carry the material to a stockpile.
  • These weapons constitute the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the US.
  • Moreover, most of the time, the US stockpile was larger than the Soviet one.
  • In the western part of the district is where the phosphate stockpile is located.

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