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pile Definition
(n)
a
collection
of
objects
laid
on
top
of
each
other
(n) (
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
"; "
it
must
have
cost
plenty
"
(n)
a
large
sum
of
money
(
especially
as
pay
or
profit
); "
she
made
a
bundle
selling
real
estate
"; "
they
sank
megabucks
into
their
new
house
"
(n)
fine
soft
dense
hair
(
as
the
fine
short
hair
of
cattle
or
deer
or
the
wool
of
sheep
or
the
undercoat
of
certain
dogs
)
(n)
battery
consisting
of
voltaic
cells
arranged
in
series
;
the
earliest
electric
battery
devised
by
Volta
(n)
a
column
of
wood
or
steel
or
concrete
that
is
driven
into
the
ground
to
provide
support
for
a
structure
(n)
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
"
(n)
a
nuclear
reactor
that
uses
controlled
nuclear
fission
to
generate
energy
(v)
arrange
in
stacks
; "
heap
firewood
around
the
fireplace
"; "
stack
your
books
up
on
the
shelves
"
(v)
press
tightly
together
or
cram
; "
The
crowd
packed
the
auditorium
"
(v)
place
or
lay
as
if
in
a
pile
; "
The
teacher
piled
work
on
the
students
until
the
parents
protested
"
pile Synonyms
atomic pile
atomic reactor
batch
big bucks
big money
bundle
chain reactor
cumulus
deal
down
flock
galvanic pile
good deal
great deal
hatful
heap
jam
lot
mass
megabucks
mess
mickle
mint
mob
mound
muckle
nap
pack
peck
pile
piling
plenty
pot
quite a little
raft
sight
slew
spate
spile
stack
stilt
throng
tidy sum
voltaic pile
wad
whole lot
whole slew
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