Stockpiling (Noun)
Meaning
Accumulating and storing a reserve supply; "the stockpiling of war materials".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The country has been stockpiling emergency supplies of food and medicine in preparation for a natural disaster.
- Companies involved in international trade may be engaged in stockpiling raw materials or manufactured goods in anticipation of potential trade restrictions.
- Historians point to the aggressive stockpiling of armaments as one of the factors leading to the outbreak of World War I.
- Epidemiologists advise the public health system on stockpiling medicines to protect against widespread diseases like the flu or other pandemic diseases.
- Her eccentric habit of stockpiling thousands of books led some of her acquaintances to raise suspicions that she might have obsessive tendencies.