STOCKPILE


Meaning of STOCKPILE in English

I. ˈstäk-ˌpī(-ə)l 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 stockpile s of unsold cars — Bert Pierce

II. transitive verb

Date: 1921

1. : to place or store in or on a stockpile

2. : to accumulate a stockpile of

a country suspected of stockpiling weapons

• stock·pil·er noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.