pile
pahyl
- n a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- n (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- n a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
- 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
- v press tightly together or cram
- v place or lay as if in a pile
The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested
- He plucks three strands from the pile and drops them into a glass jar.
- Top of the pile of unfinished business: nurturing and revitalizing a torpid economy, the world's fourth largest.
- The pile went critical in midafternoon with the full withdrawal of the control rods, and Fermi allowed himself a grin.