pile (Meaning)
pile (n)
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
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
a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
pile (v)
arrange in stacks
press tightly together or cram
place or lay as if in a pile
pile (n.)
A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.
A covering of hair or fur.
The head of an arrow or spear.
A large stake, or piece of timber, pointed and driven into the earth, as at the bottom of a river, or in a harbor where the ground is soft, for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.
One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.
A mass of things heaped together; a heap; as, a pile of stones; a pile of wood.
A mass formed in layers; as, a pile of shot.
A funeral pile; a pyre.
A large building, or mass of buildings.
Same as Fagot, n., 2.
A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, as copper and zinc, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; -- commonly called Volta's pile, voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.
The reverse of a coin. See Reverse.
pile (v. t.)
To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.
To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate; to amass; -- often with up; as, to pile up wood.
To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.
Synonyms & Antonyms of pile
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- granule
- glimmer
- mote
- granule
- scruple
- peanuts
- glimmer
- suspicion
- shadow
- shadow
- speck
- grain
- dab
- nip
- shred
- mote
- handful
- atom
- fragment
- lick
- hint
- dram
- strain
- modicum
- molecule
- sprinkle
- touch
- tad
- lick
- ounce
- atom
- scruple
- touch
- shred
- ace
- pinch
- crumb
- mite
- dab
- molecule
- bit
- particle
- mouthful
- tad
- streak
- spot
- fragment
- trace
- scrap
- suspicion
- peanuts
- pinch
- trace
- crumb
- pittance
- sprinkling
- handful
- hint
- dram
- bit
- ounce
- ray
- sprinkling
- speck
- scrap
- pittance
- taste
- particle
- mite
- strain
- shade
- spot
- modicum
- taste
- dot
- ray
- mouthful
- ace
- dot
- grain
- sprinkle
- shade
- streak
- nip
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- smidge
- drop
- shortage
- section
- absence
- smidgen
- smidgen
- whit
- fleck
- scintilla
- shot
- morsel
- driblet
- piece
- nubbin
- fleck
- little
- tittle
- flyspeck
- little
- smidge
- scintilla
- poverty
- smidgeon
- absence
- lack
- lack
- smidgeon
- jot
- paucity
- drop
- piece
- dash
- tittle
- paucity
- smattering
- whit
- shot
- smattering
- iota
- jot
- nubbin
- driblet
- section
- portion
- iota
- dash
- smidgin
- flyspeck
- morsel
- poverty
- shortage
- smidgin
- portion
pile Sentence Examples
- The construction workers amassed a pile of bricks for the new building.
- The children piled up a tower of blocks, giggling at its instability.
- A pile of dirty laundry accumulated in the hamper, a testament to a busy week.
- The storm left a pile of fallen branches and leaves scattered across the yard.
- The recycling bin overflowed with a pile of cardboard boxes and plastic bottles.
- The basement was filled with a dusty pile of forgotten treasures and memories.
- The hiker stumbled upon a pile of rocks that marked the summit of the mountain.
- The library housed a vast pile of books, each one a potential adventure.
- The farmer harvested a large pile of corn, the fruits of his labor.
- The museum exhibited a pile of ancient artifacts, offering a glimpse into the past.
FAQs About the word pile
a collection of objects laid on top of each other, (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent, a large sum of money (especially as pay or profi
stack, mound, mountain, collection, cock, hill,heap, hoard, layer, bed
granule, glimmer, mote, granule, scruple, peanuts, glimmer, suspicion, shadow, shadow
The construction workers amassed a pile of bricks for the new building.
The children piled up a tower of blocks, giggling at its instability.
A pile of dirty laundry accumulated in the hamper, a testament to a busy week.
The storm left a pile of fallen branches and leaves scattered across the yard.
