stockpile

stock, réserve

Grande quantité de choses conservées pour pouvoir les utiliser plus tard.

En anglais simple : A large supply of things kept ready for use later.

• They have a stockpile of food.
• The government released fuel from its stockpiles.
• We built a small stockpile before winter.

Comment l'utiliser : stockpile of something (The warehouse holds a stockpile of medical supplies.)

Synonymes : reserve, supply, store

Expressions courantes : stockpile of something, food stockpile, weapons stockpile

stocker, accumuler

Rassembler et conserver une grande quantité de quelque chose pour l’utiliser plus tard.

En anglais simple : To collect and store a large supply of something for later use.

• They stockpile food for winter.
• The hospital stockpiled masks before the outbreak.
• Are people still stockpiling bottled water?

Synonymes : store, hoard, accumulate

Expressions courantes : stockpile food, stockpile weapons, stockpile something for winter