stockpile
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈstɑkˌpaɪl/
- The city maintained a stockpile of essential medical supplies for public health emergencies.
- stockpile of supplies
- maintain a stockpile
- stockpile of oil
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Watch on YouTubethe United States stockpile is shrinking.
- the United States stockpile is shrinking.
- And now we're pulling our stockpile out of Israel to send to Ukraine.
- Use the code MK to start your stockpile today.
- And they've been using a lot of those up now, but they have massive, massive stockpiles.
- And then I have some green garlic powder and that's it for my stockpile.
- I'd done some, some work on nuclear radiation on, on, on weapons, you know, weapons stockpiles just happened to be part of what I looked at.
- They want to build bombs that they can put in their stockpile and pull them out four years later if they have to use them.
- Remember Reykjavik in the period, the Gorbachev Reagan period, where those two men were intent on reducing nuclear stockpiles to nothing?
- So the existing stockpiles are roughly in the range of one year's production if you take all of the companies.
- Create your own stockpile of the best selling for Patriots survival food kits.
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Eventually, even our stockpiles run low; even our repair and fabrication facilities run out of certain materials.
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The problem will become increasingly more serious as existing stockpiles accumulated during the early 1980s are gradually exhausted.
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This is a huge stockpile of property waiting to be sold.
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I think it was the second nuclear stockpile in Europe at the time.
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The previous campaign, "Just Be Ready," emphasized the importance of having a stockpile of emergency supplies and an emergency plan.
Academic text (2013) -
Until this fear is eliminated, no efficient stockpile policy is possible.
Academic text (1992) -
So the existing stockpiles are roughly in the range of one year's production if you take all of the companies.
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The majority believed he possessed stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction.
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The Israelis have the largest stockpile of Soviet-made weapons in friendly hands.
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Within 15 years, the US stockpile had grown to 30,000 nuclear warheads.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
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1.0
An amount of something available to use when needed
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3.5
A supply kept for future use, often in an emergency
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2.2
A supply of goods or materials kept for future use
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3.4
A stored supply of something kept for future use
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4.3
A hidden store of money or things kept for later
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1.0
A supply of things kept for future use
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6.0
A secret store of things like money or food kept for future use
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4.7
A large supply of something kept for use when needed
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2.6
A box of food, water, and medicine kept for use during a disaster
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3.8
A supply of food and other needed items kept for future use
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1.6
An amount of something kept for future use
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6.6
A supply of food kept at home to use later
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4.5
A supply of food kept in a hidden or safe place for later use
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7.4
To keep goods like food or tools until you need them
A reserve of weapons and military supplies kept by a government
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Etymology
Stockpile combines stock ('supply' or 'store') and pile ('heap'), so it means a large heap of goods kept for future use.