Meaning Of The Word Stockpile

Real Dictionary

What's the definition of Stockpile? Find Stockpile meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.

Stockpile Meaning

Stockpile Definition
Stockpile Definition

What's The Definition Of Stockpile?

stockpile
countable noun: A stockpile of things is a large quantity of them that have been stored for future use.
verb: If people stockpile things such as food or weapons, they store large quantities of them for future use.

stockpile in American English
a reserve supply of goods, raw material, etc., accumulated esp. in anticipation of future shortage or emergency
to accumulate a stockpile (of)
intransitive verb: to accumulate in a stockpile
noun: a supply of material, as a pile of gravel in road maintenance
transitive verb: to accumulate (material, goods, or the like) for future use; put or store in a stockpile

stockpile in British English
noun: a large store or supply accumulated for future use
verb: to acquire and store a large quantity of (something)

stockpile in Chemical Engineering
noun: A stockpile is a pile of bulk goods.

More Definitions

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Definitions Of The Day

  • Mentonniere ‐ noun: a piece of armour protecting the throat…
  • Predevelopment ‐ adjective: of or pertaining to the period prior…
  • Full rhyme ‐ noun; noun: rhyme between words in which the stressed…
  • Cracker Jack ‐ a confection of sweet, glazed popcorn and peanuts…
  • Orarium ‐ noun; noun: a garment worn by a deacon in the…
  • Palmiped ‐ adjective: having webbed feet; noun: a web-footed…
  • Shake the dust off one's feet ‐ to depart angrily or contemptuously; to leave…
  • Paracrostic ‐ noun: a poem in which the initial letters of each…
  • Cross-pollination ‐ the transfer of pollen from the anther of one…
  • Protohuman ‐ of or relating to the humanlike primates that…