stockpile

²stockpile

verb

Definition of STOCKPILE

transitive verb

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

Examples of STOCKPILE

1. The government stockpiled vaccines to prepare for a flu epidemic.
2. <we should be able to stockpile enough vaccine for the upcoming flu season>

First Known Use of STOCKPILE

1921

Related to STOCKPILE

Synonyms: cache, lay away, lay by, lay in, lay up, put by, salt away, squirrel (away), stash, hoard, store, stow, treasure

Related Words: accumulate, acquire, amass, assemble, collect, concentrate, garner, gather, pick up, round up, scrape (together); heap, pile, stack; conserve, husband, preserve; bank, coffer, deposit, hold, keep, reserve, retain, save, set by, stock, withhold; bury, conceal, ensconce, secrete

Near Antonyms: cast, discard, ditch, dump, fling (off or away), jettison, throw away, throw out, unload; consume, squander, use up, waste; hand out, hand over, relinquish, surrender; blow, dissipate, fritter (away), lavish, misspend, run through, spend; deplete, exhaust, expend, impoverish; dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter

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