as in stash
a supply stored up and often hidden away
an emergency stockpile of potable water and canned goods in the cellar
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as in to store
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place
we should be able to stockpile enough vaccine for the upcoming flu season
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Recent Examples of stockpile
Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2025
No matter what happened, or who was doing what, UCLA would have a stockpile of players who could get the job done.
—Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Other options could include stockpiling during peacetime critical components needed for shipbuilding, such as propeller shafts or nuclear propulsion components; in the event of war,the U.S. Navy could draw from these supplies to speed construction.
—Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Amazon’s fashion store has a stockpile of bottoms on sale from popular brands, like Under Armour, Hanes, The Gym People, and more.
—Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2025
No matter what happened, or who was doing what, UCLA would have a stockpile of players who could get the job done.
—Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
The Ottawa Treaty is an international agreement signed in 1997 that has been ratified or acceded to by more than 160 nations, and in withdrawing from it, Warsaw and the Baltic nations can begin stockpiling and using landmines for the first time in nearly 30 years.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Other options could include stockpiling during peacetime critical components needed for shipbuilding, such as propeller shafts or nuclear propulsion components; in the event of war,the U.S. Navy could draw from these supplies to speed construction.
—Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stockpile
Noun
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Does anybody have an extra stash of La Tiara taco shells?—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
12 Mar. 2025
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Intermediate and advanced runs dominated the uncrowded slopes, with a 2,800-vertical drop and stashes of powder among the trees.—
Elaine Glusac,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Wise minds inside any presidential administration would quickly sell every barrel of oil presently stored in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Most of that ends up in the Wayback Machine, while the rest is digitized analog media — books, television, radio, academic papers — scanned and stored on servers.—
Emma Bowman,
NPR,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The film depicts West’s son Saint West in a wrestling ring, taking on hoards of wrestlers by himself, armed with a toy mallet while the album plays in the background.—
Ethan Millman,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Mar. 2025
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The owner of Geico, BNSF railroad and other businesses has built a hoard of unused cash recently.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Scientists have accumulated evidence for this approach by studying natural events that have flung small particles into the atmosphere.—
Ramin Skibba,
WIRED,
22 Mar. 2025
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Over centuries, bacteria broke down ammonia in guano, converting it into nitrates that accumulated in cave soil.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Stockpile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stockpile. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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