![]() ![]() From Longman Business Dictionary stockpile stock‧pile 1 / ˈstɒkpaɪlstɑːk- / verb COMMERCE to keep adding to a large supply of goods, weapons etc that are being kept for use or possible use in the future The US government began stockpiling oil in response to the oil embargo. Last winter, he was unable to stockpile weapons and ammunition.Quit your old job when you have enough money stockpiled to keep you through the low-income days ahead.The interior minister for Bavaria, Guenther Beckstein, has said that Scientologists are stockpiling large amounts of cyanide and weapons.Imports of plastic waste rose by 450 percent during 1992, while Recoup is forced to stockpile its own waste. ![]() Kitchen cabinets have been quake-proofed, flashlights and foods bought, and water stockpiled.→ See Verb table Examples from the Corpus stockpile Related topics: Weapons stockpile stockpile 2 verb PMW INCREASE IN ACTIVITY, FEELINGS ETC 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. As the official in charge of the stockpile, Jones administers the 114 depots and warehouses that store the materials.While some of last year's stockpile has vanished, a lot of oil is still sloshing around in storage.Both rutile and iron will be accumulating in stockpiles on the Moon.Minimum operating levels are stockpiles of crude and refined products held by refiners that are considered adequate to meet average seasonal demand.The ultimate question, however, was what would happen to the steadily accumulating stockpiles of nuclear waste in the long term.Power was dependent on maintaining a stockpile of arms and professional soldiers.Some of Britain's biggest firms have joined the lobbying for a stockpile.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Weapons stockpile stock‧pile 1 / ˈstɒkpaɪl $ ˈstɑːk- / noun PMW GROUP OF THINGS a large supply of things that is kept ready for use in the future SYN store stockpile of a stockpile of nuclear weapons Examples from the Corpus stockpile ![]()
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