stockpile

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   goods accumulated for future use

   Extreme couponers have large stockpiles of household goods.

2. 2
   verb

   continuously acquire more of

   Preppers often stockpile ammunition.

3. 3
   noun

   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.

   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.

4. 4
   verb

   To accumulate or build up a supply of (something).

   He stockpiled weapons and took pot shots in the air / He feasted on their lovely bodies like a lunatic

5. 5
   noun

   something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose

6. 6
   noun

   A pile of coal or ore heaped up on the ground after it has been mined.

7. 7
   verb

   To heap up piles of (coal or ore) on the ground after it has been mined.

8. 8
   verb

   To build up a supply; to accumulate.

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.