stockpile
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
engineering
government
military
mining
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
Etymology: The noun is derived from stock (“supply of anything ready for use”) + pile (“mass of things heaped together”). The verb is derived from the noun.
Base: stock
Inflected forms:
form: stockpiles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: stockpiles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: stockpiling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: stockpiled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: stockpiled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A supply (especially a large one) of something kept for future use, specifically in case the cost of the item increases or if there a shortage.
pos: noun
tags: also
figuratively
examples: Under the rice subsidy program, Yingluck [Shinawatra]'s administration paid farmers up to 50 percent more than market prices for their rice. The policy was popular with farmers but left Thailand with huge rice stockpiles and caused $8 billion in losses.
gloss: A supply (especially a large one) of something kept for future use, specifically in case the cost of the item increases or if there a shortage.
pos: noun
tags: also
figuratively
specifically
gloss: A pile of coal or ore heaped up on the ground after it has been mined.
pos: noun
tags: also
figuratively
gloss: To accumulate or build up a supply of (something).
pos: verb
tags: also
figuratively
transitive
examples: He stockpiled weapons and took pot shots in the air / He feasted on their lovely bodies like a lunatic
Shops' shelves were emptied on Friday as people began stockpiling food, with some unable to leave their homes due to the thigh-high snow.
He [Jeff Bezos] once suggested that, by paying college students on every Manhattan block to stockpile products in their apartments and to shuttle them up and down on bicycles, Amazon could edge towards near-instant delivery.
The RNC entered June with about $72.4 million in cash reserves, nearly five times the $15 million stockpiled by the DNC, as the two parties gear up for gubernatorial races this fall and next year’s costly midterm elections for Congress.
gloss: To accumulate or build up a supply of (something).
pos: verb
tags: also
figuratively
specifically
transitive
gloss: To heap up piles of (coal or ore) on the ground after it has been mined.
pos: verb
tags: also
figuratively
transitive
gloss: To build up a supply; to accumulate.
pos: verb
tags: also
figuratively
intransitive
Related words: nuclear pile
Derived words: stockpiled
stockpiler
stockpiling
Translations:
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ehtimal
lang: Azerbaijani
word: tədarük
lang: Bulgarian
word: резе́рва
roman: rezérva
lang: Bulgarian
word: запас
roman: zapas
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 儲存 /储存
roman: chúcún
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 庫存 /库存
roman: kùcún
lang: Czech
word: zásoba
lang: Dutch
word: reserve
lang: Dutch
word: stapel
lang: Dutch
word: voorraad
lang: Finnish
word: varasto
lang: French
word: stock
lang: French
word: réserve
lang: German
word: Lager
lang: German
word: Lagerhalde
lang: German
word: Vorrat
lang: Hungarian
word: árukészlet
lang: Icelandic
word: varabirgðir
lang: Icelandic
word: varaforði
lang: Icelandic
word: vopnabirgðir
lang: Italian
word: ammasso
lang: Italian
word: riserva
lang: Italian
word: scorta
lang: Japanese
word: 在庫
roman: zaiko
lang: Māori
word: pūkainga
lang: Māori
word: whakapūranga
lang: Māori
word: whakaputunga
lang: Polish
word: zapas
lang: Polish
word: zapasy
lang: Portuguese
word: estoque
lang: Portuguese
word: reserva
lang: Romanian
word: stoc
lang: Romanian
word: rezervă
lang: Russian
word: резе́рв
roman: rezérv
lang: Russian
word: запа́с
roman: zapás
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: причу́ва
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: рѐзе̄рва
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: за̑лиха
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: prȋčuva
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: rèzērva
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: zȃliha
lang: Slovak
word: zasoba
lang: Spanish
word: acopio
lang: Spanish
word: reservas
lang: Swedish
word: förråd
lang: Swedish
word: lager
lang: Swedish
word: upplag
lang: Turkish
word: stok
lang: Turkish
word: rezerv
lang: Turkish
word: yedek
lang: Turkish
word: zula
lang: Vietnamese
word: kho dự trữ
lang: Amharic
word: አከማቸ
roman: ʾäkämačä
lang: Bulgarian
word: запасявам се
roman: zapasjavam se
lang: Czech
word: zásobit
lang: Czech
word: zásobit se
lang: Dutch
word: een voorraad aanleggen
lang: Dutch
word: oplsaan
lang: Finnish
word: varastoida
lang: French
word: stocker
lang: French
word: accumuler
lang: German
word: hamstern
lang: German
word: horten
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌷𐌿𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽
roman: huhjan
lang: Hungarian
word: készletez
lang: Hungarian
word: tartalékol
lang: Icelandic
word: hamstra
lang: Icelandic
word: koma upp varabirgðum
lang: Icelandic
word: safna varabirgðum
lang: Italian
word: accumulare
lang: Italian
word: ammassare
lang: Italian
word: impilare
lang: Māori
word: whakaputu
lang: Polish
word: gromadzić zapasy
lang: Portuguese
word: estocar
lang: Romanian
word: stoca
lang: Russian
word: де́лать запа́сы
roman: délatʹ zapásy
lang: Russian
word: нака́пливать
roman: nakáplivatʹ
lang: Russian
word: штабели́ровать
roman: štabelírovatʹ
lang: Spanish
word: acaparar
lang: Spanish
word: acopiar
lang: Spanish
word: almacenar
lang: Spanish
word: hacer acopio
lang: Swedish
word: hamstra
lang: Swedish
word: lagra
lang: Turkish
word: stokçuluk yapmak
lang: Vietnamese
word: dự trữ