pile
Noun
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is a type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection - several things grouped together or considered as a wholesubtypes:
- compost heap, compost pile - a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost
- dunghill, midden, muckheap, muckhill - a heap of dung or refuse
- scrapheap - pile of discarded metal
- shock - a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field
- slagheap - pile of waste matter from coal mining etc
- stack - an orderly pile
- funeral pyre, pyre - wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
- woodpile - a pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel
- stockpile - a storage pile accumulated for future use
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is a type of: large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitudesubtypes:
- deluge, flood, inundation, torrent - an overwhelming number or amount
- haymow - a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation
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domain usage: argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)is a type of: money - wealth reckoned in terms of money
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is a type of: hair - a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat losssubtypes: lanugo - the fine downy hair covering a human fetus; normally shed during the ninth month of gestationsame as: down
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is a type of: battery, electric battery - a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or seriessame as: galvanic pile, voltaic pile
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is a type of: column, pillar - (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structuresubtypes: sheath pile, sheet pile, sheet piling - a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage
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is a type of: thread, yarn - a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weavingsame as: nap
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is a type of: nuclear reactor, reactor - (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements
Verb
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is a type of: crowd, crowd together - to gather together in large numbers
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