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STOCKPILING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stockpiling mean?
• STOCKPILING (noun)
The noun STOCKPILING has 1 sense:
1. accumulating and storing a reserve supply
Familiarity information: STOCKPILING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Accumulating and storing a reserve supply
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
the stockpiling of war materials
Hypernyms ("stockpiling" is a kind of...):
repositing; reposition; storage; warehousing (depositing in a warehouse)
Derivation:
stockpile (have on hand)
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