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Stockpile   /stˈɑkpˌaɪl/   Listen
Stockpile

noun
1.
Something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose.  Synonyms: backlog, reserve.
2.
A storage pile accumulated for future use.
verb
1.
Have on hand.  Synonyms: carry, stock.






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"Stockpile" Quotes from Famous Books



... ought to let us stockpile nuclear weapons here, just to be on the safe side," another officer, farther down ...
— Ullr Uprising • Henry Beam Piper

... foresaw the social crisis which lay ahead, when the world became physically divided into the tall and the short, the young and the old. They knew there'd be a need of individuality then—and they did create a stockpile. A stockpile of the younger generation, specially educated; a stockpile of the older generation, carefully selected. We conspicuous rebels were incarcerated and given an opportunity to think the problem through, with limited ...
— This Crowded Earth • Robert Bloch



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