pile
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- noun
- /paɪl/
- I need to clean this massive pile of boxes.
- a pile of wood
- a compost pile
- a pile of stones
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Watch on YouTubeIt looks like a whole pile of millipede legs moving.
- It looks like a whole pile of millipede legs moving.
- We are going to take like this pile of books and this pile.
- And it's just like a freaking pile of body parts.
- And they keep writing and they create a pile of similarly flawed scripts.
- And as you can imagine, piles of rage will come from that.
Examples
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Now you got a pile of trash over here.
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I think I want a big pile of thin pancakes.
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I have a pile of photos around somewhere.
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Thanks for sending us a pile of rocks.
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It's just a pile of junk, really, but it means a lot to me.
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By the end of the board, the pile of rice had grown as large as Mount Everest.
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OK, so we've got a pile of beautiful cuttings here.
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The trail of popsicle sticks led to this giant pile of boxes.
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They found what was left of a neat pile of shavings.
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I need to clean this massive pile of boxes.
Synonyms
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1.0
A large amount of something
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2.7
A large collection of things often including people
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1.4
A large amount of something
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1.6
A large amount of something, for example patience or money
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1.0
A pile of things placed one on top of another
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1.0
A large amount of something often used with of
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1.1
A pile of things put on top of each other in no order
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1.8
A large pile of things or a large amount
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5.7
A large number of things or people
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2.1
A small pile of things put on top of each other
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2.9
A large number or amount of something
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4.8
A large amount of things, for example work, friends, or food
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5.9
A large number of things or people
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2.1
A large amount of things collected together, often in a stack
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3.3
A large amount of things, like books or food
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.8
A heavy machine that drives long posts into the ground for building foundations
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3.7
A road accident where several cars crash into each other, often after one car hits another
- Archaic
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9.9
A simple early battery made from stacked metal discs like zinc and copper
- Specialized
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7.4
A long flat piece of metal, wood, or concrete driven into the ground to hold back soil and water
- Specialized
A heavy construction machine that uses a diesel engine to drive piles into the ground
- Archaic
An early battery made of stacked metal plates with wet material between them
- Specialized
Many particle collisions that overlap in a detector and make signals unclear
- Specialized
A row of long metal or concrete posts placed side by side to hold back soil and water
- Specialized
A construction machine that uses strong, fast shaking to push or pull long posts into the ground
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Etymology
Pile for a heap comes from an old word for a 'heap' or 'stack', so imagine a pile as a mass of things put together and counted as one group.