transcription, транскрипция: [ stɒkpaɪl ]
( stockpiles, stockpiling, stockpiled)
1.
If people stockpile things such as food or weapons, they store large quantities of them for future use.
People are stockpiling food for the coming winter.
= hoard
VERB : V n
2.
A stockpile of things is a large quantity of them that have been stored for future use.
The two leaders also approved treaties to cut stockpiles of chemical weapons.
= stock
N-COUNT : oft N of n