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stockpiling

stockpiling noun: the process of building up a stockpile. Also the present participle and gerund of stockpile.

Noun

stockpiling (countable and uncountable, plural stockpilings)

  1. The process of building up a stockpile.

Also used as

stockpiling is also the present participle and gerund of stockpile.

Forms of stockpiling

pluralstockpilings

Words formed from stockpiling

Questions about stockpiling

What does stockpiling mean?
Stockpiling means the process of building up a stockpile.
What part of speech is stockpiling?
Stockpiling is a noun.
What is the plural of stockpiling?
The plural of stockpiling is stockpilings.

Words near stockpiling in the dictionary

  1. stockpile
  2. stockpiled
  3. stockpiler
  4. stockpilers
  5. stockpiles
  6. stockpiling
  7. stockpilings
  8. Stockport
  9. Stockports
  10. stockpot
  11. stockpots

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