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pile - Dictionary definition and meaning for word
pile
Definition
(noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other
Synonyms
:
agglomerate
,
cumulation
,
cumulus
,
heap
,
mound
Definition
(noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Synonyms
:
batch
,
deal
,
flock
,
good deal
,
great deal
,
hatful
,
heap
,
lot
,
mass
,
mess
,
mickle
,
mint
,
mountain
,
muckle
,
passel
,
peck
,
plenty
,
pot
,
quite a little
,
raft
,
sight
,
slew
,
spate
,
stack
,
tidy sum
,
wad
Example Sentence
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
Definition
(noun) a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
Synonyms
:
big bucks
,
big money
,
bundle
,
megabucks
Example Sentence
she made a bundle selling real estate
they sank megabucks into their new house
Definition
(noun) fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
Synonyms
:
down
Definition
(noun) battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
Synonyms
:
galvanic pile
,
voltaic pile
Definition
(noun) a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
Synonyms
:
piling
,
spile
,
stilt
Definition
(noun) the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave
Synonyms
:
nap
Example Sentence
for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction
Definition
(noun) a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
Synonyms
:
atomic pile
,
atomic reactor
,
chain reactor
Definition
(verb) arrange in stacks
Synonyms
:
heap
,
stack
Example Sentence
heap firewood around the fireplace
stack your books up on the shelves
Definition
(verb) press tightly together or cram
Synonyms
:
jam
,
mob
,
pack
,
throng
Example Sentence
The crowd packed the auditorium
Definition
(verb) place or lay as if in a pile
Example Sentence
The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested
Word used in video below:
text: No, no, this big pile of dishes in my mom's breakfront.
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