Explore Stockpile through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like reserve or have. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Stockpile meaning
- A supply (especially a large one) of something kept for future use, specifically in case the cost of the item increases or if there a shortage.
- A supply of nuclear weapons kept by a country; a nuclear stockpile.
Synonyms of Stockpile
Using Stockpile
- The main meaning on this page is: A supply (especially a large one) of something kept for future use, specifically in case the cost of the item increases or if there a shortage. | A supply (especially a large one) of something kept for future use, specifically in case the cost of the item increases or if there a shortage. | A supply of nuclear weapons kept by a country; a nuclear stockpile.
- Useful related words include: reserve, have got, have, carry.
- Possible Dutch translations are: reserve, stapel, voorraad.
- In the example corpus, stockpile often appears in combinations such as: stockpile of, to stockpile, the stockpile.
Context around Stockpile
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stockpile
- In this selection, "stockpile" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ammonium, huge, buffer, customers, drugs and clear stand out and add context to how "stockpile" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a huge stockpile of ammonium and a small stockpile of the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stockpile" sits close to words such as acne, anonymously and asians, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stockpile
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship, atomic materials stewardship, and environmental stewardship are currently supported at the site. (16 words)
California lends 500 ventilators to the national stockpile to be used where the need is currently greatest. (17 words)
Instead of trying to stockpile as much data as possible, firms must carefully weigh what’s needed. (17 words)
The revelation comes as supermarkets issued a warning to suppliers to stockpile customers’ favourite tea and coffee while the NHS said it would stockpile drugs brought in from outside the EU if Theresa May fails to strike a deal with Brussels. (41 words)
But even with higher near-term production rates, the US cannot replenish its stockpile or catch up to the usage pace in Ukraine, where officials estimate that the Ukrainian military is firing 6,000 to 8,000 shells per day. (40 words)
Overhead shots of the area captured a large military camp under construction alongside a line of black tents adjacent to some towers, fronted by wooden platforms and stone blocks as well as a stockpile of chests, amphora and munitions. (39 words)
Finally, you can deal with the massive stockpile of shampoo bottles and other products taking over the floors, walls, and corners of the shower — simply hang them in the curtain pockets instead! (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Ammonium stockpile under spotlight in NSW after deadly Beirut chemical blastLocal residents have long raised concerns about a huge stockpile of ammonium nitrate near populated areas of Newcastle, in New South Wales.
The revelation comes as supermarkets issued a warning to suppliers to stockpile customers’ favourite tea and coffee while the NHS said it would stockpile drugs brought in from outside the EU if Theresa May fails to strike a deal with Brussels.
The ITC supported the price of tin during periods of low prices by buying tin for its buffer stockpile and was able to restrain the price during periods of high prices by selling tin from the stockpile.
But even with higher near-term production rates, the US cannot replenish its stockpile or catch up to the usage pace in Ukraine, where officials estimate that the Ukrainian military is firing 6,000 to 8,000 shells per day.
But it is in talks with Roche, which makes the drug, 'to establish a small stockpile of the antiviral with the possibility to scale up production if the need arises'.
California lends 500 ventilators to the national stockpile to be used where the need is currently greatest.
Finally, you can deal with the massive stockpile of shampoo bottles and other products taking over the floors, walls, and corners of the shower — simply hang them in the curtain pockets instead!
From Putin threatening the use of 'all available means’ to massive missiles being carted around in front of cameras, the Kremlin has made its stockpile clear.
Generally, businesses want to have inventory right when they need it, to keep down the cost of managing a stockpile.
Inspectors believe a stockpile of hand sanitizer left over from the pandemic contributed to November’s freeway fire.
Instead of trying to stockpile as much data as possible, firms must carefully weigh what’s needed.
Judging from the picture in the post immediately above yours, he's gonna run through that stockpile of MREs pretty quickly.
Nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship, atomic materials stewardship, and environmental stewardship are currently supported at the site.
Overhead shots of the area captured a large military camp under construction alongside a line of black tents adjacent to some towers, fronted by wooden platforms and stone blocks as well as a stockpile of chests, amphora and munitions.
President Joe Biden sought to reduce price spikes by selling record amounts from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the federally controlled stockpile of crude oil housed in underground salt caverns along the Gulf Coast in Louisiana and Texas.
Property developers are finishing work on the biggest stockpile of new homes in nearly two decades, a potential supply surge that could weigh on prices following the worst sales total in nine years.
So everyone from a nomad to a corpo boss will end up with a stockpile of useless common equipment.
That wave never came, and as public health restrictions were gradually lifted, the government found itself with a stockpile of some 93 million tests as of March 21.
The request to Congress is separate from the $345 million weapons aid package currently being prepped for Taiwan, which was pulled from the U.S.’s military stockpile through Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) by President Biden.
The stockpile at the Mugga Lane Resource Management Centre was expected to be cleared by late March, with the number of trucks ramping up over the coming weeks.
Common combinations with stockpile
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- stockpile of 52×
- to stockpile 31×
- the stockpile 17×
- national stockpile 15×
- its stockpile 10×
- stockpile and 7×
- stockpile to 7×
- stockpile in 7×
- and stockpile 7×
- stockpile was 6×