STOCKPILE

stockpile

(noun) a storage pile accumulated for future use

reserve, backlog, stockpile

(noun) something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose

stock, carry, stockpile

(verb) have on hand; “Do you carry kerosene heaters?”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

stockpile (plural stockpiles)

A supply, especially a large one, of something kept for future use.

Verb

stockpile (third-person singular simple present stockpiles, present participle stockpiling, simple past and past participle stockpiled)

To accumulate a stockpile.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

24 May 2025

EARTHSHAKING

(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”


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