There are thousands of tons of flue dust in storage from smelting operations andthe stockpile continues to grow each year.
Most plants have a large stockpile of coal, ensuring a reliable source of fuel.
A stockpile is a pile of bulk goods.
Examples of 'stockpile' in a sentence
stockpile
This latter point became increasingly important as nuclear stockpiles grew.
McInnes, Colin NATO's Changing Strategic Agenda (1990)
Its demise meant the collapse of the system for monitoring the two largest nuclear stockpiles in the world.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Families are stockpiling food and medicine.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Critics say the bargain is unfair, and that nuclear powers have done little to cut stockpiles.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Residents stockpiled food with 50million people set to be affected.
The Sun (2016)
The aim is to reduce stockpiles of nuclear weapons to about 1,500 each.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We have a huge stockpile of drugs to tackle the virus - enough to treat half our population.
The Sun (2009)
It took 500 construction workers five years to build and has the largest declared plutonium stockpile in the world.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
AMERICA and Russia have agreed to reduce their nuclear stockpiles but have hundreds of weapons in reserve.
The Sun (2010)
It will take five to ten years to destroy a stockpile as large as Syria's.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It also has a large chemical weapons stockpile scattered at 30 to 40 sites.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Residents said that shops, schools and businesses were shuttered yesterday, with people stockpiling food.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He said the processed ore'could serve as fuel to expand its nuclear weapons stockpile '.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The best way would be to agree a deal to reduce their nuclear stockpiles by a third, to around 1,500 each.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There have also been unconfirmed reports of unspecified chemical weapons being stockpiled in a school in Homs, with guards handed gas masks.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Some of the world's biggest energy companies are stockpiling the nuclear fuel used to power reactors as they try to capitalise on rock-bottom uranium prices.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In other languages
stockpile
British English: stockpile VERB
If people stockpile things such as food or weapons, they store large quantities of them for future use.
People are stockpiling food for the coming winter.
American English: stockpile
Brazilian Portuguese: estocar
Chinese: 大量储备
European Spanish: almacenar
French: accumuler
German: horten
Italian: accumulare riserve di
Japanese: 備蓄する
Korean: 대량으로 비축하다
European Portuguese: colocar em stock
Latin American Spanish: almacenar
British English: stockpile NOUN
A stockpile of things is a large quantity of them that have been stored for future use.
The two leaders also approved treaties to cut stockpiles of chemical weapons.
American English: stockpile
Brazilian Portuguese: estocagem
Chinese: 大量库存
European Spanish: reserva
French: stock
German: Vorrat
Italian: riserva
Japanese: 備蓄
Korean: 비축량
European Portuguese: stock
Latin American Spanish: reserva
(verb)
Definition
to store a large quantity of (something) for future use
People are stockpiling food for the coming winter.
Synonyms
store up
hoard
They've begun to hoard food and gasoline.
put away
save
I thought we were saving money for a holiday.
collect
Two young girls were collecting firewood.
gather
She started gathering up her things.
accumulate
Lead can accumulate in the body until toxic levels are reached.
garner
His priceless collection of Chinese art was garnered over three decades.
amass
We didn't enquire as to how she had amassed her fortune.
buy up
cache
lay up
put by
stash away (informal)
(noun)
Definition
a large store gathered for future use
stockpiles of chemical weapons
Synonyms
stock
a stock of food and other rations
store
I handed over my store of chocolate biscuits.
reserve
The country's reserves of petrol are running very low.
bank
one of the largest data banks in the world
supply
The brain requires a constant supply of oxygen.
collection
He has gathered a large collection of prints and paintings over the years.
pool
a reserve pool of cash
arsenal
an impressive arsenal of guns
accumulation
accumulations of dirt
hoard
a hoard of silver and jewels
cache
A cache of weapons and explosives was found by the police.
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Nearby words of
stockpile
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stockings
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stocky
stodgy
stoical
Synonyms of 'stockpile'
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Explore 'stockpile' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of arsenal
Definition
a store of anything regarded as weapons
an impressive arsenal of guns
Synonyms
store,
stock,
supply,
magazine,
stockpile
in the sense of bank
Definition
any supply, store, or reserve
one of the largest data banks in the world
Synonyms
store,
fund,
stock,
source,
supply,
reserve,
pool,
reservoir,
accumulation,
stockpile,
hoard,
storehouse
in the sense of cache
Definition
a hidden store of weapons, provisions, or treasure
A cache of weapons and explosives was found by the police.
Synonyms
store,
fund,
supply,
reserve,
treasury,
accumulation,
stockpile,
hoard,
stash (informal)
in the sense of collect
Definition
to gather (objects, such as stamps) as a hobby or for study
Two young girls were collecting firewood.
Synonyms
gather,
save,
assemble,
heap,
accumulate,
aggregate,
amass,
stockpile,
hoard
in the sense of collection
Definition
things collected or accumulated
He has gathered a large collection of prints and paintings over the years.
Synonyms
accumulation,
set,
store,
mass,
pile,
heap,
stockpile,
hoard,
aggregate,
congeries
in the sense of garner
Definition
to collect or gather
His priceless collection of Chinese art was garnered over three decades.
Synonyms
collect,
assemble,
gather,
accumulate,
save,
husband,
store,
reserve,
treasure,
amass,
stockpile,
hoard,
put by,
stow away,
lay in or up
in the sense of gather
She started gathering up her things.
Synonyms
collect,
assemble,
accumulate,
round up,
mass,
heap,
marshal,
bring together,
muster,
pile up,
garner,
amass,
stockpile,
hoard,
stack up
in the sense of hoard
Definition
to save or store (money, food, etc.)
They've begun to hoard food and gasoline.
Synonyms
save,
store,
collect,
gather,
treasure,
accumulate,
garner,
amass,
stockpile,
buy up,
put away,
hive,
cache,
lay up,
put by,
stash away (informal)
in the sense of hoard
Definition
a store of money, food, etc., hidden away for future use
a hoard of silver and jewels
Synonyms
store,
fund,
supply,
reserve,
mass,
pile,
heap,
fall-back,
accumulation,
stockpile,
stash,
cache,
treasure-trove
in the sense of pool
Definition
the combined stakes of those betting in many gambling games
a reserve pool of cash
Synonyms
kitty,
bank,
fund,
stock,
store,
pot,
jackpot,
stockpile,
hoard,
cache
Additional synonyms
in the sense of reserve
Definition
something kept back or set aside for future use
The country's reserves of petrol are running very low.
Synonyms
store,
fund,
savings,
stock,
capital,
supply,
reservoir,
fall-back,
stockpile,
hoard,
backlog,
cache
in the sense of save
Definition
to avoid the spending, waste, or loss of (something)