pile
noun
1. a collection of objects laid on top of each other
Similar word(s): agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound
Definition categories: group, accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Similar word(s): batch, deal, flock, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, plenty, pot, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, wad
Definition categories: quantity
3. a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
Similar word(s): bundle, megabucks
Definition categories: possession, 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)
Similar word(s): down
Definition categories: body, hair
5. battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
Definition categories: man–made, battery
6. a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
Similar word(s): piling, spile, stilt
Definition categories: man–made, column, pillar
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
Similar word(s): nap
Definition categories: man–made, thread, yarn
8. a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
Definition categories: man–made, reactor
Sentences with pile as a noun:
- When we were looking for a new housemate, we put the nice woman on the "maybe" pile, and the annoying guy on the "no" pile.
- a pile of shot
verb
1. arrange in stacks
Definition categories: contact, arrange
2. press tightly together or cram
Similar word(s): jam, mob, pack, throng
Definition categories: motion, crowd
3. place or lay as if in a pile
- The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested
Definition categories: contact, lay, place, pose, position, put, set
Sentences with pile as a verb:
- We piled the camel with our loads.