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stockpile

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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Plain form
stockpile

Third-person singular
stockpiles

Past tense
stockpiled

Past participle
stockpiled

Present participle
stockpiling

  1. (transitive) If you stockpile something, you gather and store a large amount of it for future use.
    We have cans of food and bottles of water stockpiled in the basement in case of an emergency.

Noun

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Singular
stockpile

Plural
stockpiles

  1. (countable) A stockpile is a large amount of something kept for future use.
    Wow, I knew you liked this stuff, but you have a whole stockpile here!
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