stockpile
/'stɔkpail/
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Definition
Noun:
- A large accumulated stock of goods or materials, especially one held in reserve for future use: A "stockpile" is a substantial reserve supply of items, often built up over time, intended to be used later or in case of need.
- A supply of something saved for future use or a special purpose: This meaning emphasizes the act of keeping something back from immediate use to have it available later.
Verb:
- To accumulate and store a large quantity of (goods or materials) for future use: The action of gathering and keeping a reserve supply.
- To have on hand or in reserve: To possess a quantity of something for potential future use.
Examples of Usage
Noun: The country maintains a strategic oil stockpile for emergencies.During the pandemic, people created a stockpile of essential supplies like toilet paper and canned food.
Verb: The government advised citizens to stockpile non-perishable food items before the hurricane.Some investors stockpile precious metals as a hedge against inflation.
Advanced Usage
"To build up a stockpile": To gradually accumulate a reserve. The hospital is building up a stockpile of critical medicines.
"Strategic stockpile": A reserve of essential materials held for national security or economic stability. Access to the national strategic stockpile of vaccines was crucial.
Variants and Related Words
- Stockpiling (n): The act or process of accumulating a stockpile.
Synonyms
- Noun: Reserve, hoard, cache, accumulation, supply, stash.
- Verb: Accumulate, amass, hoard, store up, lay in.
Related Phrases
- "Stockpile for a rainy day": To save resources for a time of future need or difficulty. (This is a common figurative use based on the idiom "save for a rainy day").
Noun
- a storage pile accumulated for future use
- something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
Verb
- have on hand
- Do you carry kerosene heaters?