Noun

• S: (n) stockpiling (accumulating and storing a reserve supply) "the stockpiling of war materials"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) repositing, reposition, storage, warehousing (depositing in a warehouse) "they decided to reposition their furniture in a recommended repository in Brooklyn"; "my car is in storage"; "publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing"
• S: (n) deposit, deposition (the act of putting something somewhere)
• S: (n) buildup (the act of building up an accumulation) "I envied his rapid buildup of assets"; "a military buildup in preparation for the invasion"
• S: (n) accumulation, accrual, accruement (the act of accumulating)
• S: (n) increase, step-up (the act of increasing something) "he gave me an increase in salary"
• S: (n) change of magnitude (the act of changing the amount or size of something)
• S: (n) change (the action of changing something) "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"
• S: (n) action (something done (usually as opposed to something said)) "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
• S: (n) act, deed, human action, human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
• S: (n) event (something that happens at a given place and time)
• S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) stockpile [Related to: stockpiling] (have on hand) "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"

Verb

• S: (v) stock, carry, stockpile (have on hand) "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"