stockpile

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈstɒkpaɪl/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈstɑkˌpaɪl/

• Audio (UK)

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• Hyphenation: stock‧pile

Verb

Plain form stockpile

Third-person singular stockpiles

Past tense stockpiled

Past participle stockpiled

Present participle stockpiling

1. (transitive) If you stockpile something, you gather and store a large amount of it for future use.

   We have cans of food and bottles of water stockpiled in the basement in case of an emergency.

Noun

Singular stockpile

Plural stockpiles

1. (countable) A stockpile is a large amount of something kept for future use.

   Wow, I knew you liked this stuff, but you have a whole stockpile here!

Related words

• stock
• pile