pile

[ UK /pˈa‍ɪl/ ]
[ US /ˈpaɪɫ/ ]

NOUN

a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
they sank megabucks into their new house
she made a bundle selling real estate
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
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
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
a batch of letters
a slew of journalists
a lot of money
a wad of money
it must have cost plenty
a deal of trouble
he made a mint on the stock market
battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
a collection of objects laid on top of each other

VERB

press tightly together or cram
The crowd packed the auditorium
arrange in stacks
stack your books up on the shelves
heap firewood around the fireplace
place or lay as if in a pile
The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested

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How To Use pile In A Sentence

Frankly I don't understand why most companies don't follow the same policy as franked income in the hands of shareholders is worth a lot more to them than huge piles of franking credits mouldering away in the company's balance sheet.
The soldier fired the rifle through a narrow aperture in a pile of sandbags.
Pile each croute with the prawn mixture and serve at once. The Sun
Virtually any UNIX or Linux system will compile SISAL code in single processor mode.
Pile mayo on to the egg and sprinkle with some finely chopped parsley. The Sun
I disagreed with something…kind of bristled at how something was characterized and was piled on. Scott Brown Posed in Cosmo’s Center-Fold 28 Years Ago — And So What? - Dan_Perrin’s blog - RedState
As a prelude to the book, Dr Mitra has compiled an audio CD of some of the works that will appear in the forthcoming book.
They left behind a huge pile of ripped bin bags overflowing with pizza boxes and cans. The Sun
This is then stacked into windrows or movable racks under a roofed area, and the piles are periodically aerated.
The optimized compiler has a blended mode option for applications that will run on 80486 and Pentium boxes as well as a Pentium-only mode.

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