Dictionary Definition
stockpile
Noun
2 a storage pile accumulated for future use v :
have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?" [syn: stock, carry]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Translations
Verb
- to accumulate a stockpile
Extensive Definition
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 created by a stacker. A reclaimer is used to recover
the material. Stockpiles are normally stacked in stockyards in
refineries, ports and mine sites.
A simple stockpile is formed by machinery dumping
coal into a pile, either from dump trucks, pushed into heaps with
bulldozers or from conveyor booms. More controlled stockpiles are
formed using stackers to form piles along the length of a conveyor,
and reclaimers to retrieve the coal when required for product
loading, etc.
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abundance, accumulate, accumulation, acervation, agglomerate, agglomeration, aggregate, aggregation, amass, amassment, backlog, bank, budget, cache, chunk, collect, collection, commissariat, commissary, congeries, conglobation, conglomerate, conglomeration, cornucopia, cumulate, cumulation, drift, dump, garner, garner up, gather into
barns, gathering,
glomeration,
gob, heap, heap up, hide, hill, hive, hoard, hoard up, hold, hunk, inventory, keep, larder, lay up, lump, mass, material, materials, materiel, mound, mountain, munitions, nest egg, pile, pile up, plenitude, plenty, provisionment, provisions, put up, pyramid, rations, repertoire, repertory, reserve, reserve fund, reserve
supply, reserves,
reservoir, resource, rick, roll up, save, save up, savings, secrete, sinking fund, snowball, something in reserve,
squirrel, squirrel
away, stack, stock, stock up, stock-in-trade,
store, store up, stores, supplies, supply on hand,
treasure, treasure up,
treasury, unexpended
balance, wad