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Definition of stockpile verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

stockpile

verb
 
/ˈstɒkpaɪl/
 
/ˈstɑːkpaɪl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they stockpile
 
/ˈstɒkpaɪl/
 
/ˈstɑːkpaɪl/
he / she / it stockpiles
 
/ˈstɒkpaɪlz/
 
/ˈstɑːkpaɪlz/
past simple stockpiled
 
/ˈstɒkpaɪld/
 
/ˈstɑːkpaɪld/
past participle stockpiled
 
/ˈstɒkpaɪld/
 
/ˈstɑːkpaɪld/
-ing form stockpiling
 
/ˈstɒkpaɪlɪŋ/
 
/ˈstɑːkpaɪlɪŋ/
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  1. stockpile something to collect and keep a large supply of something
    • to stockpile food
    • Officials warn that the stockpiled food may spoil.
    Extra Examples
    • Consumers began to stockpile fuel amid fears of a shortage.
    • Neighbouring countries have accused them of producing and stockpiling biological weapons.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryStockpile is used with these nouns as the object:
    • weapon
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