stockpiling

Definitions

The act of accumulating a large supply of goods or materials for future use.

The practice of hoarding items, often in anticipation of a shortage or emergency.

Examples

The government is stockpiling emergency supplies in preparation for the upcoming hurricane season.

Many families began stockpiling non-perishable food items when the news of the supply chain disruption broke.

The squirrel spent the entire autumn stockpiling acorns to ensure it would have enough food for the winter.

Synonyms

hoarding storing accumulating gathering amassing collecting warehousing

Antonyms

distributing spending squandering consuming depleting wasting dispersing