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Definition of stockpile
: a storage pile: such asa : a reserve supply of something essential accumulated within a country for use during a shortageb : a gradually accumulated reserve of something avert stockpiles of unsold cars — Bert Pierce
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Examples of stockpile in a Sentence
a stockpile of medical supplies
an emergency stockpile of potable water and canned goods in the cellar
Recent Examples of stockpile from the Web
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Currently, nine countries including the United States have a nuclear stockpile, for a global total of 14,900 nuclear weapons, according to Ploughshares Fund, a nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing nuclear threats.
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The company, which has an $800 billion market cap and $257 billion cash stockpile, is now better armed to emerge as a rival for deep-pocketed Netflix and Amazon.
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Oil prices slipped again Thursday, guided lower for a second-straight session by an unexpected increase in gasoline stockpiles.
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The untested kits stacked up despite public promises by police leaders to eliminate the stockpile after a serial rapist killed 14-year-old Melissa Bittler on her way to school in 2001.
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But wildlife activists worry that the four-year gap will encourage more smugglers to use Hong Kong's legal stockpile to launder their illegal ivory.
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That stockpile has been destroyed, but the organization continues to question whether Damascus declared everything in its chemical weapon program.
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That stockpile has been destroyed, but the organization continues to question whether Damascus declared everything in its chemical weapon program.
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But Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said the strategy is working and stockpiles will drop faster in the third quarter.
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First Known Use of stockpile
1872
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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
stockpiler
nounExamples of stockpile in a Sentence
The government stockpiled vaccines to prepare for a flu epidemic.
we should be able to stockpile enough vaccine for the upcoming flu season
First Known Use of stockpile
1921
STOCKPILE Defined for English Language Learners
stockpile
playDefinition of stockpile for English Language Learners
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: a large supply of something that is kept for future use
stockpile
Definition of stockpile for English Language Learners
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: to get and keep a large supply of (something) for future use
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