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stockpile

noun
/ˈstɒkpaɪl/UK/ˈstɑkˌpaɪl/US

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.

  1. derived from pīlum — “heavy javelin”
  2. inherited from *pīl✻
  3. inherited from pīl
  4. inherited from pile
  5. formed as stockpile — “stock + pile”

Definitions

  1. A supply (especially a large one) of something kept for future use, specifically in case…

    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.

  2. A pile of coal or ore heaped up on the ground after it has been mined.

  3. 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.
    • He [Jeff Bezos] once suggested that, by paying college students on every Manhattan block to stockpile products in their apartments and to shuttle them up and down on bicycles, Amazon could edge towards near-instant delivery.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To heap up piles of (coal or ore) on the ground after it has been mined.

    2. To build up a supply

      To build up a supply; to accumulate.

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Derived

stockpiled, stockpiler, stockpiling

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA