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STOCKPILING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Accumulating and storing a reserve supply

Example:

the stockpiling of war materials

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("stockpiling" is a kind of...):

repositing; reposition; storage; warehousing (depositing in a warehouse)

Derivation:

stockpile (have on hand)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb stockpile

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