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Stockpile stewardship — refers to the United States program of reliability testing and maintenance of its nuclear weapons without the use of nuclear testing. Because no new nuclear weapons have been developed by the United States since 1992, even its youngest weapons… … Wikipedia
stockpile — [n] supply accumulation, buildup, cache, hoard, inventory, nest egg, reserve, source, stash, stock, store, surplus; concept 712 stockpile [v] stock accumulate, amass, build up, gather, hoard, keep on hand, put away, reserve, save, squirrel away,… … New thesaurus
stockpile — [stäk′pīl΄] n. a reserve supply of goods, raw material, etc., accumulated esp. in anticipation of future shortage or emergency vt., vi. stockpiled, stockpiling to accumulate a stockpile (of) stockpiler n … English World dictionary
stockpile — index accumulate (amass), collection (accumulation), cumulation, fund, garner, hoard (noun), hoard … Law dictionary
stockpile — (n.) 1872, from STOCK (Cf. stock) (n.2) + PILE (Cf. pile). Originally a term in mining. The verb is attested from 1921. Extended to general use during World War II … Etymology dictionary
stockpile — ► NOUN ▪ a large accumulated stock of goods or materials. ► VERB ▪ accumulate a large stock of … English terms dictionary
stockpile — ▪ I. stockpile stockpile 2 noun [countable] COMMERCE a large supply of goods, weapons etc that are being kept for use in the future, often because they will be difficult to obtain later: • Following poor harvests, stockpiles of grain are expected … Financial and business terms
Stockpile (disambiguation) — A Stockpile is a temporary storage method used in bulk material handling.Stockpile may also refer to:* A military stockpile, a staging tactic involving the grouping of resources * A soil stockpile, a method of storing topsoil during civil… … Wikipedia
stockpile — I UK [ˈstɒkˌpaɪl] / US [ˈstɑkˌpaɪl] noun [countable] Word forms stockpile : singular stockpile plural stockpiles a large collection of things that may be needed The country is believed to have stockpiles of chemical weapons. II UK [ˈstɒkˌpaɪl] /… … English dictionary
Stockpile — A stockpile is a pile or storage location for bulk materials, forming part of the bulk materials handling process.Stockpiles are used in many different areas, such as in a port, refinery or manufacturing facility. The stockpile is normally… … Wikipedia
stockpile — stock|pile1 [ˈstɔkpaıl US ˈsta:k ] n a large supply of things that is kept ready for use in the future = ↑store stockpile of ▪ a stockpile of nuclear weapons stockpile 2 stockpile2 v [T] to keep adding to a supply of goods, weapons etc that you… … Dictionary of contemporary English