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stockpile

Syllables: stock·pile/ˈstɒkpaɪl/US/ˈstɑkˌpaɪl/

stockpile 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.

Noun

stockpile (plural stockpiles)

  1. (also, figuratively) 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.
    • Under the rice subsidy program, Yingluck [Shinawatra]'s administration paid farmers up to 50 percent more than market prices for their rice. The policy was popular with farmers but left Thailand with huge rice stockpiles and caused $8 billion in losses.2017 August 25, Amy Sawitta Lefevre, Panarat Thepgumpanat, “Thailand’s ousted PM Yingluck has fled abroad: sources”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2022
    1. (also, figuratively, specifically) A supply of nuclear weapons kept by a country; a nuclear stockpile.
  2. (also, figuratively) A pile of coal or ore heaped up on the ground after it has been mined.

Verb

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

  1. (also, figuratively, transitive) 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 lunatic2007 June–July (date recorded), Nick Cave, “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!”, in Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, published 18 February 2008
    • Shops' shelves were emptied on Friday as people began stockpiling food, with some unable to leave their homes due to the thigh-high snow.2010 February 7, Adam Gabbatt, “Snow storms cause chaos on US east coast”, in The Guardian
    1. (also, figuratively, specifically, transitive) To build up a stock of (nuclear weapons).
  2. (also, figuratively, transitive) To heap up piles of (coal or ore) on the ground after it has been mined.
  3. (also, figuratively, intransitive) To build up a supply; to accumulate.

stockpile meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

stockpile in Hindi

स्टॉकपाइल

stockpile in Tamil

கையிருப்பு

stockpile in Urdu

انبار, ڈھیر

stockpile in Bengali

মজুত ভাণ্ডার, স্তূপ
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stockpile in Malayalam
സാധനസാമഗ്രികളുടെ വൻ ശേഖരം, സാധനങ്ങളുടെ അട്ടി, സാമാനശേഖരം, ശേഖരം
stockpile in Kannada
ದಾಸ್ತಾನು ಮಾಡಲು
stockpile in Punjabi
ਸਟਾਕਪਾਈਲ
stockpile in Gujarati
સ્ટોકપાઈલ, સ્ટોકપાઇલ
stockpile in Odia
ଷ୍ଟକ୍ପାଇଲ୍
stockpile in Nepali
स्टकपाइल
stockpile in Vietnamese
kho dự trữ, dự trữ

Examples of stockpile in a sentence

  • Bob had amassed a considerable stockpile of double entendres from his days working as a barker for a strip joint.
  • The girls were already bagging fairy floss, and stockpiling it as fast as they could.
  • A last bee, still stockpiling pollen, hums hotly against this Octobral creep of cold.

All 13 example sentences with stockpile

Forms of stockpile

Noun
pluralstockpiles
Verb
third-person singular presentstockpiles
present participlestockpiling
past participlestockpiled
paststockpiled

Plural of stockpile: stockpiles

Origin of stockpile

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.

Words formed from stockpile

Questions about stockpile

What does stockpile mean?
Stockpile means 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.
What is stockpile in Hindi?
Stockpile in Hindi is स्टॉकपाइल. See Stockpile meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is stockpile?
Stockpile can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce stockpile?
Stockpile is pronounced /ˈstɒkpaɪl/ (UK).
What is the plural of stockpile?
The plural of stockpile is stockpiles.

Words near stockpile in the dictionary

  1. stockperson
  2. stockpersons
  3. stockphyshe
  4. stockpicker
  5. stockpickers
  6. stockpile
  7. stockpiled
  8. stockpiler
  9. stockpilers
  10. stockpiles
  11. stockpiling

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: stockpile (page history and authors); stockpile (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stockpile (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stockpile (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stockpile (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stockpile (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); stockpile (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stockpile (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stockpile (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stockpile (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stockpile (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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