STOCKPILE


Meaning of STOCKPILE in English

I. stock ‧ pile 1 /ˈstɒkpaɪl $ ˈstɑːk-/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

a large supply of things that is kept ready for use in the future SYN store

stockpile of

a stockpile of nuclear weapons

II. stockpile 2 BrE AmE verb [transitive]

to keep adding to a supply of goods, weapons etc that you are keeping ready to use if you need them in the future:

An enormous volume of explosives was stockpiled inside one of the buildings.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.