STOCKPILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stockpile mean? 

• STOCKPILE (noun)
  The noun STOCKPILE has 2 senses:

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

2. a storage pile accumulated for future use

  Familiarity information: STOCKPILE used as a noun is rare.

• STOCKPILE (verb)
  The verb STOCKPILE has 1 sense:

1. have on hand

  Familiarity information: STOCKPILE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STOCKPILE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

backlog; reserve; stockpile

Hypernyms ("stockpile" is a kind of...):

accumulation ((finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stockpile"):

bank (a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies))

fuel level (the amount of fuel remaining)

reserve account; reserve fund (funds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments)

Derivation:

stockpile (have on hand)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A storage pile accumulated for future use

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("stockpile" is a kind of...):

agglomerate; cumulation; cumulus; heap; mound; pile (a collection of objects laid on top of each other)

Derivation:

stockpile (have on hand)

• STOCKPILE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they stockpile    ... he / she / it stockpiles   
Past simple: stockpiled   
Past participle: stockpiled   
-ing form: stockpiling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have on hand

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

carry; stock; stockpile

Context example:

Do you carry kerosene heaters?

Hypernyms (to "stockpile" is one way to...):

have; have got; hold (have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

stockpile (a storage pile accumulated for future use)

stockpile (something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose)

stockpiling (accumulating and storing a reserve supply)