stockpile

stockpile
Synonyms and related words:
abundance, accumulate, accumulation, acervation, agglomerate, agglomeration, aggregate, aggregation, amass, amassment, backlog, bank, budget, cache, chunk, collect, collection, commissariat, commissary, congeries, conglobation, conglomerate, conglomeration, cornucopia, cumulate, cumulation, drift, dump, garner, garner up, gather into barns, gathering, glomeration, gob, heap, heap up, hide, hill, hive, hoard, hoard up, hold, hunk, inventory, keep, larder, lay up, lump, mass, material, materials, materiel, mound, mountain, munitions, nest egg, pile, pile up, plenitude, plenty, provisionment, provisions, put up, pyramid, rations, repertoire, repertory, reserve, reserve fund, reserve supply, reserves, reservoir, resource, rick, roll up, save, save up, savings, secrete, sinking fund, snowball, something in reserve, squirrel, squirrel away, stack, stock, stock up, stock-in-trade, store, store up, stores, supplies, supply on hand, treasure, treasure up, treasury, unexpended balance, wad

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  • stockpile — [n] supply accumulation, buildup, cache, hoard, inventory, nest egg, reserve, source, stash, stock, store, surplus; concept 712 stockpile [v] stock accumulate, amass, build up, gather, hoard, keep on hand, put away, reserve, save, squirrel away,… …   New thesaurus

  • stockpile — [stäk′pīl΄] n. a reserve supply of goods, raw material, etc., accumulated esp. in anticipation of future shortage or emergency vt., vi. stockpiled, stockpiling to accumulate a stockpile (of) stockpiler n …   English World dictionary

  • stockpile — index accumulate (amass), collection (accumulation), cumulation, fund, garner, hoard (noun), hoard …   Law dictionary

  • stockpile — (n.) 1872, from STOCK (Cf. stock) (n.2) + PILE (Cf. pile). Originally a term in mining. The verb is attested from 1921. Extended to general use during World War II …   Etymology dictionary

  • stockpile — ► NOUN ▪ a large accumulated stock of goods or materials. ► VERB ▪ accumulate a large stock of …   English terms dictionary

  • stockpile — ▪ I. stockpile stockpile 2 noun [countable] COMMERCE a large supply of goods, weapons etc that are being kept for use in the future, often because they will be difficult to obtain later: • Following poor harvests, stockpiles of grain are expected …   Financial and business terms

  • stockpile — I UK [ˈstɒkˌpaɪl] / US [ˈstɑkˌpaɪl] noun [countable] Word forms stockpile : singular stockpile plural stockpiles a large collection of things that may be needed The country is believed to have stockpiles of chemical weapons. II UK [ˈstɒkˌpaɪl] /… …   English dictionary

  • Stockpile — A stockpile is a pile or storage location for bulk materials, forming part of the bulk materials handling process.Stockpiles are used in many different areas, such as in a port, refinery or manufacturing facility. The stockpile is normally… …   Wikipedia

  • stockpile — stock|pile1 [ˈstɔkpaıl US ˈsta:k ] n a large supply of things that is kept ready for use in the future = ↑store stockpile of ▪ a stockpile of nuclear weapons stockpile 2 stockpile2 v [T] to keep adding to a supply of goods, weapons etc that you… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • stockpile — I. noun Date: 1872 a storage pile: as a. a reserve supply of something essential accumulated within a country for use during a shortage b. a gradually accumulated reserve of something < avert stockpiles of unsold cars Bert Pierce > II. transitive …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • stockpile — stockpiler, n. /stok puyl /, n., v., stockpiled, stockpiling. n. 1. a supply of material, as a pile of gravel in road maintenance. 2. a large supply of some metal, chemical, food, etc., gathered and held in reserve for use during a shortage or… …   Universalium

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