Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

stockpile

UK /ˈstɒkpaɪl/ · US /ˈstɑkˌpaɪl/ noun, verb

Forms stockpiles stockpiling stockpiled

noun A supply (especially a large one) of something kept for future use, specifically in case the cost of the item increases or if there a shortage.
noun (specifically, military, weaponry) A supply of nuclear weapons kept by a country; a nuclear stockpile.
noun (mining) A pile of coal or ore heaped up on the ground after it has been mined.
verb To accumulate or build up a supply of (something).
verb (specifically, military, weaponry) To build up a stock of (nuclear weapons).
verb (mining) To heap up piles of (coal or ore) on the ground after it has been mined.
verb (intransitive) To build up a supply; to accumulate.

Synonyms

The noun is derived from stock (“supply of anything ready for use”) + pile (“mass of things heaped together”). The verb is derived from the noun.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “stockpile”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details