stock·pile
ˈstäk-ˌpī(-ə)l 
: a storage pile: such as
a
: a reserve supply of something essential accumulated within a country for use during a shortage
b
: a gradually accumulated reserve of something
avert stockpiles of unsold cars—
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stockpiled; stockpiling; stockpiles
1
: to place or store in or on a stockpile
2
: to accumulate a stockpile of
a country suspected of stockpiling weapons
stockpiler
noun
Examples of stockpile in a Sentence
Noun
a stockpile of medical supplies
an emergency stockpile of potable water and canned goods in the cellar
Verb
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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Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
But those stockpiles are being exhausted, forcing companies to hike prices on consumers or eat tariff costs and shrink profit margins.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 June 2025
Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 22 June 2025
Iran could still have thousands of missiles in its arsenal
Israel keeps information about its missile interceptor stockpiles tightly under wraps.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 21 June 2025
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Noun
In September 2024, the same month as the pager attack and assassination of Hezbollah’s leader, Israel launched the most extensive campaign of airstrikes in the air force’s history hitherto, destroying much of Hezbollah’s strategic surface-to-surface missile stockpiles.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
But those stockpiles are being exhausted, forcing companies to hike prices on consumers or eat tariff costs and shrink profit margins.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 June 2025
Verb
Rainwater tends to stockpile on the edges of roads.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 22 June 2025
Iran could still have thousands of missiles in its arsenal
Israel keeps information about its missile interceptor stockpiles tightly under wraps.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 21 June 2025
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“Stockpile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stockpile. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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