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
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In the past, the U.S. has refrained from military intervention in the conflict, preferring instead to arm moderate rebel groups and collaborate with Russia to destroy Syria’s chemical-weapons stockpile.
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After years of mocking Barack Obama for passivity in the face of North Korea’s growing nuclear-weapons stockpile, Trump confronts the same grim set of choices.
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Why not reduce clutter and store your roll stockpile in a linen closet or in the garage?
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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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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
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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
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By Tuesday, the township had stockpiled several thousand extra bags for residents to use.
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Also Tuesday, the Walker campaign made clear that the governor would be a formidable opponent who could draw on more than $5 million in cash already stockpiled for next year's race.
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Dunne, who stockpiles materials, used a 16-foot-long python skin for the Viper's breastplate.
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Unless a team has a cheat code like LeBron James or Gregg Popovich on hand, the only way to get there is by stockpiling All-Stars.
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Smrz, a Chicago native who moved into his apartment at 800 Tower City in March, quickly designed it with knick-knacks his mother, Kathy Mosley, stockpiled over the years with her furniture business.
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That's why stockpiling future assets could trump drafting a certain player in this draft.
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Zone D choices Several teams in this draft stockpiled defensive players over the first three or four rounds: Oakland, Seattle, Dallas, Miami, Washington and Baltimore.
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But at the end of the series, it's revealed that Tyler is stockpiling guns and materials for a bomb — possibly to carry out a school shooting.
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First Known Use of stockpile
1921
STOCKPILE Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of stockpile for English Language Learners
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: a large supply of something that is kept for future use
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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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