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NGSL Rank: 2514
pile
pʌɪl
Meanings
noun
- a heap of things laid or lying one on top of another.E.g. he placed the books in a neat pile
- a large imposing building or group of buildings.E.g. a Victorian Gothic pile
- a series of plates of dissimilar metals laid one on another alternately to produce an electric current.
- a nuclear reactor.
verb
- place (things) one on top of the other.E.g. she piled all the groceries on the counter
- (of a group of people) get into or out of a vehicle or space in a disorganized manner.E.g. ten of us piled into the minibus
noun
- a heavy stake or post driven vertically into the bed of a river, soft ground, etc., to support the foundations of a superstructure.
- a triangular charge or ordinary formed by two lines meeting at an acute angle, usually pointing down from the top of the shield.
verb
- strengthen or support (a structure) with piles.E.g. an earlier bridge may have been piled
noun
- the soft projecting surface of a carpet or a fabric such as velvet or flannel, consisting of many small threads.E.g. the thick pile of the new rugs
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