Stockpiling

Pronunciation: /ˈstɑːkˌpaɪl/

Stockpiling (noun)

  1. a large amount of goods or materials kept for future use

Examples

  • The company maintains a stockpile of raw materials.
  • Farmers have a stockpile of grain for the winter.

Common collocations: build a stockpile, emergency stockpile, strategic stockpile, stockpile resources, stockpile goods

Stockpiling (verb)

  1. to collect and keep a large amount of something for future use

Examples

  • They stockpile food for the winter months.
  • The government decided to stockpile vaccines.