Meaning & Definition of Pile in English
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Pile
/paɪl/
noun
1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other
synonym:
- pile,
- heap,
- mound,
- agglomerate,
- cumulation,
- cumulus
2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- "A batch of letters"
- "A deal of trouble"
- "A lot of money"
- "He made a mint on the stock market"
- "See the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"
- "It must have cost plenty"
- "A slew of journalists"
- "A wad of money"
synonym:
- batch,
- deal,
- flock,
- good deal,
- great deal,
- hatful,
- heap,
- lot,
- mass,
- mess,
- mickle,
- mint,
- mountain,
- muckle,
- passel,
- peck,
- pile,
- plenty,
- pot,
- quite a little,
- raft,
- sight,
- slew,
- spate,
- stack,
- tidy sum,
- wad
3. A large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
- "She made a bundle selling real estate"
- "They sank megabucks into their new house"
synonym:
- pile,
- bundle,
- big bucks,
- megabucks,
- big money
4. Fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
synonym:
- down,
- pile
5. Battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series
- The earliest electric battery devised by volta
synonym:
- voltaic pile,
- pile,
- galvanic pile
6. A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
synonym:
- pile,
- spile,
- piling,
- stilt
7. The yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave
- "For uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction"
synonym:
- pile,
- nap
8. A nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
synonym:
- atomic pile,
- atomic reactor,
- pile,
- chain reactor
verb
1. Arrange in stacks
- "Heap firewood around the fireplace"
- "Stack your books up on the shelves"
synonym:
- stack,
- pile,
- heap
2. Press tightly together or cram
- "The crowd packed the auditorium"
synonym:
- throng,
- mob,
- pack,
- pile,
- jam
3. Place or lay as if in a pile
- "The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested"
synonym:
- pile
Examples of using
The firemen were prevented from reaching the woman trapped in her house, because of the huge pile of junk she had accumulated over many years.
There's a pile of letters on my desk that I have to answer.
Examine the pile of documents in advance.