Pile

Word PILE
Character 4
Hyphenation pile
Pronunciations /paɪl/

Definitions and meanings of "Pile"

What do we mean by pile?

A heavy beam of timber, concrete, or steel, driven into the earth as a foundation or support for a structure. noun

A wedge-shaped charge pointing downward. noun

A Roman javelin. noun

To drive piles into. transitive verb

To support with piles. transitive verb

Cut or uncut loops of yarn forming the surface of certain fabrics, such as velvet, plush, and carpeting. noun

The surface so formed. noun

Soft fine hair, fur, or wool. noun

A quantity of objects stacked or thrown together in a heap. synonym: heap. noun

A large accumulation or quantity. noun

A large amount of money. noun

A nuclear reactor. noun

A voltaic pile. noun

A very large building or complex of buildings. noun

A funeral pyre. noun

To place or lay in a pile or heap. intransitive verb

To load (something) with a heap or pile. intransitive verb

A mass of things heaped together; a heap.

A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process.

A mass formed in layers.

A funeral pile; a pyre.

A large amount of money.

A large building, or mass of buildings.

A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a fagot.

A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals (especially copper and zinc), laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; a voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.

An atomic pile; an early form of nuclear reactor.

The reverse (or tails) of a coin.

A list or league

Synonyms and Antonyms for Pile

The word "pile" in example sentences

"Nummus ratitus -- ce qu'aujourd'hui nous appellons jouer à croix ou à pile, car _pile_ est un vieil mot français qui signifiait un Navire, ❋ Various (1852)

What if I tell you my pile is a piece of modern art sculpture and his is a hospital? ❋ Unknown (2010)

And the many others who were not directly on what we call the pile, the horrendous mountain of debris following the attacks, but were in close proximity. ❋ Unknown (2003)

William the Conqueror at this time, the Saxon was permitted to shoot birds and small beasts in his fields and therefore was allowed to use a blunt arrow, headed with a lead tip or pilum, hence our term pile, or target point. ❋ Saxton Pope (1900)

SO we go over, and on top of the pile is a movie whose box has a naked man from about the waste up, but with his hands conspiculously covering his schlong, and some chicks conspiculously covering his hands and leering at him all sexy and shit. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The TBR pile is getting pretty large, but a friend recently gave me a copy of the new Wildcards book, Suicide Kings, so that's next in line. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Alas, while Max Mara offers, in my opinion, the planet's most elegantly wearable designs, this assortment of shapeless knitwear looked like the reject pile from a Park Slope tag sale. ❋ Anne Kadet (2010)

Think - absolutely will not buy anything because to-be-read pile is now several piles. ❋ Nalini Singh (2010)

We would be drowning in laundry too, but that pile is in the basement. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As I swim in the shallow end of this gene pool on a daily basis, I am so proud to have served under these two persons, and I reflect that the top of the pile is strangely similar, all be it in a more sophisticated way, to the bottom. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

I don't know how she found out about the Graveyard Book - if it was a secret recommendation by my wife - but thank the gods, even the American Gods, that my reading pile is now bulked up by this little beauty. ❋ Unknown (2010)

My “to read” pile is sufficiently tall to get me through the upcoming holiday, so taking a break from compounding the problem is welcome. ❋ Unknown (2009)

My TBR pile is so large that I tend to jump right into the next book. ❋ Nalini Singh (2009)

Their way of telling us Grannies how to suck eggs is to wrap it up in pile of managment buzz words and have the nerve to pretend that they have thought of this after public consultation and so they are very “citizen focused”. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

I suffer from all of these types of reading, and I must admit my pile is nearly as large as yours at present. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In regards to the evil comments the President is correct you don't come on someones front lawn and leave a hot steamin pile of mess in regards to N.Y., ❋ Unknown (2009)

The top of my to-be-read pile is always well out of date, I'm always getting thrown off the tracks, and there are always some books that barge in, changing the strata. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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